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| [00:00.00] | The latest attack, on an Evangelical Christian church, |
| [00:03.52] | caused limited physical damage - |
| [00:05.46] | just a burned door and a charred entranceway. |
| [00:08.31] | But the political implications may be more serious. |
| [00:11.21] | Tensions have flared after Malaysia's High Court |
| [00:14.42] | ruled that a Roman Catholic newspaper, |
| [00:16.86] | the Herald, was permitted to use the word "Allah" |
| [00:19.96] | to describe God in its Malay language editions. |
| [00:22.82] | Muslim groups argue that |
| [00:24.85] | Christians using a word so closely associated with Islam |
| [00:28.07] | could be a ploy to win converts. |
| [00:30.25] | Christians make up around 9% |
| [00:33.00] | of the population in the majority Muslim state. |
| [00:35.70] | Most non-Muslims are ethnically Indian or Chinese. |
| [00:39.21] | The row over the use of the word "Allah" |
| [00:42.11] | has exposed deep resentments |
| [00:44.10] | over the treatment of minorities |
| [00:45.56] | and freedom of religion in Malaysia. |
| [00:47.55] | A government minister told foreign diplomats on Monday |
| [00:50.96] | the church attacks were the work of extremists. |
| [00:53.61] | "These were not just attacks on houses of worship" he said, |
| [00:56.97] | "these were attacks on the values |
| [00:58.90] | and freedoms all Malaysians share." |
| [01:00.89] | Under the slogan "One Malaysia", |
| [01:03.22] | the government has made racial harmony a central policy. |
| [01:05.41] | Its commitment to that policy |
| [01:08.92] | is now being severely tested. |
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