Federal Court denies The Herald leave to appeal ban on use of 'Allah'

The Herald editor Father Lawrence Andrew speaking to the media after the vedict in Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA: Catholic weekly, The Herald, has failed to get leave from the Federal Court to challenge the Home Ministry over the ban on the use of the word “Allah”.

Chief Justice Ariffin Zakaria, who chaired a seven-man panel on Monday, held this in a majority decision.