With the row over the use of the word Allah still simmering, Anglican Christians in Sarawak said they will go all out to defend their right to use the word in worship.
Datuk Bolly Lapok, Anglican Archbishop for Southeast Asia, said they were willing to abandon their calling to be peacemakers and reconcilers, if “turning the other cheek to the provocateurs and extremists in political Islam that are relentlessly stoking the fire of hatred and bigotry is tantamount to sending a wrong message to them”.
He said this in a statement after a mass gathering of its Iban speaking congregation in Sri Aman today.
Sometimes I think Christians should leave Muslims to their “allah.” But the archbishop makes some good points.