I came to a rather interesting conclusion about the rapidly escalating controversy over the High Court's decision to allow the Catholic weekly Herald to use the term ‘Allah' in its Bahasa Malaysia edition.

Purveyors of the concern that Muslims could be ‘confused' have not considered the opposite prospect: when the term becomes common among Malaysian Catholics, it could pave the way for easier conversion to Islam.

As any Christian theologian would know, explaining concepts to laymen such as the Trinity, Original Sin and the dual nature of Christ is difficult...