The government only needs 24 hours to amend laws to ensure the word ‘Allah’ can only be used by Muslims in Peninsular Malaysia and with restrictions for non-Muslims in Sabah and Sarawak, according to a lawyer.

Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla said yesterday that the government cannot afford to delay this following Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement of this intent during the Dewan Rakyat session yesterday morning.

Haniff, in a media statement made through a video uploaded to his Facebook account, contended that...