19 Islamic words banned for non-Muslims in Brunei

The Sun Daily ^ | 2/23/2014 | The Sun Daily

[Dallas59]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Feb 23, 2014): The Brunei government will ban the use of 19 Islamic words, including "Allah" and "masjid", by non-Muslims, according to the Brunei Times today.

The ban will take effect from April, the paper said.

Under the Syariah Penal Code Order, these words cannot be used with respect to other religions.

They are azan; baitullah; Al Quran; Allah; fatwa; Firman Allah; hadith; haji; hukum syara'; ilahi; Ka'bah; kalimah al syahadah; kiblat; masjid; imam; mufti; mu'min; solat; and wali.

The Brunei Times quoted Hardifadhillah Mohd Salleh, a senior syariah legal officer of the Islamic Legal Unit as telling staff of the Industry and Primary Resources Ministry on key parts of the order during a briefing.

He also said certain provisions of the order also apply to non-Muslims, such as zina (adultery) with a Muslim partner, drinking alcohol in a public place, and khalwat (close proximity) with a Muslim partner.

[12th_Monkey]

Oh dem wacky Muzzy’s

[windsorknot]

I must pick up some kiblats and bits. Then I'm going to wali world.

[skimbell]

Good! I'm sick of hearing the kids around here in the summer yelling about...

Allah, allah oxin free.

[skimbell]

I go with "Allah FUBAR" myself.

[pallis]

Sounds like a lot of scum words.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Knights who say "ni."

[Uncle Miltie]

I have a fatwa against Allah.

[Billthedrill]

“Do these jeans make me look fatwa?”

[MeganC]

azan; baitullah; Al Quran; Allah; fatwa; Firman Allah; hadith; haji; hukum syara’; ilahi; Ka’bah; kalimah al syahadah; kiblat; masjid; imam; mufti; mu’min; solat; and wali.

There I said them! Now what?

[MeganC]

and apparently Charles Barkley wants to ban white people from saying “thug” and “street cred”

That's a relief! I'm glad I can still refer to Barkley as the sh*thead that he is without offending anyone.

[windsorknot]

Whatever happened to Mark Firman?

[TigersEye]

I am happy to see that they didn’t ban ‘pedophile.’

[SpinnerWebb]

"IMam!"

[CodeToad]

ROTFLMFAO!!!

[CodeToad]

At one his last concerts here in Denver I got his signature on his 2500 dirty words t-shirt.

[Beowulf9]

I don’t really understand this article. Why are they banning Muslim words, what is their predominant religion in this country?

It says on Wikipedia there government is the Malay Islamic Monarchy.

[GeronL]

lol

[Cyber Liberty]

He who smelt it, dealt it....

[a fool in paradise]

I wonder how they’d look spelled out in bacon.

[Gene Eric]

Islam is a war plan.