Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) is seeking further explanation from the Home Ministry over how its use of the term 'Allah' for God has caused confusion and affected public order between Muslims and Christians in Sabah and Sarawak.

This came up in the case management before High Court judge Hanipah Farikullah in Kuala Lumpur today. SIB is seeking discovery on the Home Ministry's barring of the use of the word, its prohibition in printed materials and the seizure of materials with the term Allah in it.

SIB and Jerry Dusing, who is the president of SIB, affirmed an affidavit in December last year seeking the explanation from the ministry.

Dusing stated in the affidavit that a Home Ministry officer said in the reply to SIB that the question of SIB's constitutional right did not arise as the ministry wanted to preserve public order and avoid confusion between Muslims and Christians...