The long-term impact of the above decision by the Court of Appeal is well beyond just the issue of the Church's use of "Allah". Firstly the Court had given itself the power to make discretionary judgements not on the basis of the Constitution and the law passed by the Parliament, but by the judges own personal viewpoints and bias. Secondly, the Court trampled on the rights of the minority by endorsing the oppression by the majority as well as to give discretionary and absolute pre-emptive powers to the Minister for actions against anyone deemed to be "wrong".
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