The Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association (PPMM) has urged for action to be taken against the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF) for using the word ‘Allah' in one of its programmes.

"PPMM calls on Muslim NGOs or any Muslim individuals to come forward and lodge police reports for investigations to commence.

"State Islamic religious authorities can also lodge police reports for investigations and appropriate action to be taken against those who breached the enactment (on prohibition for use of the word 'Allah')," said PPMM president Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.

NONE Zainul ( left ) pointed out that a court case on whether non-Muslims could use the world 'Allah' was still ongoing and until then, enactments in several states preventing non-Muslims from using the word 'Allah' still stands.

"The case is being heard at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya and has been fixed for May 23 where six state Islamic religious councils and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association have applied to be interveners," he added.

NECF had produced a poster urging all churches and Christians to pray to Allah for the country under a programme dubbed as ‘Malaysia MyHome' which was posted on Facebook .

"The poster by NECF clearly misused the sacred name of Allah and is a criminal action," he said.

Catholic weekly Herald had in 2010 won the rights to use the world 'Allah' after a challenge against the Home Ministry's ban at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

However, Zainul noted that a stay has been allowed on the decision pending an appeal at the Court of Appeal and thus, the status quo applies.

"It is an offence for any parties to deliberate and continuously use the word 'Allah' and other (Islamic) terms in a non-Islamic context for any purposes," he stressed.