How should Malaysia respond to this spate of cowardly attacks on places of worship? What is the way forward? Decent, reasonable Malaysians are divided in their views.

Some Christian spokemen want peace at all cost. They entreat the Catholic newspaper, the Herald , to 'turn the other cheek', and to stop using the word 'Allah' in its Bahasa Malaysia section, even though Sabah and Sarawak Christians have used the word for generations.