Some 100 people from a Friday prayer congregation at Selangor's state mosque today stayed behind for what organisers said was a protest against the government's move to withdraw its appeal on the Jill Ireland case.

Under the searing sun and close watch from the police, a PAS Youth leader and Malay-Muslim NGO leaders took turns in a series of speeches that largely called on Muslims to unite and defend their exclusive rights to use the word ‘Allah’.