KUALA LUMPUR: If there is something that unites Malaysians, it is their great fondness for catchy political buzzwords. This year, '308' and 'Rahman' are the It words.
KUALA LUMPUR - AN ISLAMIC court in Malaysia ruled on Friday that a man given an Islamic name at birth was a Christian, a rare victory for religious minorities in this Muslim-majority nation.
The man - whose original identity card listed his name as 'Mohammad Shah alias Gilbert Freeman' - brought his case to the Shariah court in southern Negeri Sembilan state after the National Registration Department refused to accept he was a Christian and allow him to drop his Islamic name when he applied for a new identity card.
