Three churches have been attacked in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, ahead of planned protests by Muslim groups, informs BBC News Friday.
The administrative offices of one church were destroyed by a firebomb attack and one of the other two churches attacked was slightly damaged.
Some Muslim groups are angry at a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer to God.
The government relies on the Malay Muslim vote, and will let Muslims march from mosques to churches on Friday.
The controversy stems from a ban on a Catholic newspaper, The Herald, using the word Allah.
Some vocal groups, including the Muslim Youth Movement, Abim, have cast the use of the word Allah as a surreptitious effort on the part of Christians to try to seduce Muslims away from Islam.
