The Kuala Lumpur High Court has given Federal Territory Islamic Council (MAIWP) and  Selangor Islamic Council (Mais) 10 days to decide whether to intervene in the case brought by Melanau Christian clerk Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill, who is seeking a declaration that she can bring in prayer materials containing the word "Allah".

This follows the Court of Appeal's decision in the Sidang Injil Borneo case which did not allow Maiwp late last month to be an intervener in the matter but allowed it to be an amicus curiae (friend of the court).

Justice Nor Bee Ariffin fixed the date after meeting representatives from Mais and Jill in her chambers.

"We have been given about two weeks by the court to determine whether we will continue to intervene in this case or not. We have to come back to court on Oct 27," said lawyer Zirwatul Hanan Abdul Rahman for Mais.

Zirwatul also mentioned on behalf of Maiwp, whose lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla was not present today while Robin Lim appeared for Jill Ireland.

Mais and MAIWP had applied to be interveners in Jill Ireland's judicial review application which she filed on Aug 20, 2008 to get retrieve the eight CDs that were seized. She named the Home Ministry and the Malaysian government as respondents.

On May 11, 2008, the CDs titled "Cara Hidup Dalam Kerajaan Allah", "Hidup Benar Dalam Kerajaan Allah" and "Ibadah Yang Benar Dalam Kerajaan Allah", were seized from her, upon her arrival at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang.

The High Court had on July 21, 2014, ordered that the CDs be returned to Jill Ireland but it did not make an order on the declaration she applied for, that she had the right to keep, use and import published materials containing the word "Allah".

On June 23, 2015, the Court of Appeal endorsed the High Court's decision which ordered the Home Ministry to return the seized eight CDs belonging to her after dismissing the appeal by the ministry and Malaysian government against the High Court's decision.

The Court of Appeal ordered the Home Ministry to return all the CDs within a month from the date of the decision, and also ordered that the declaration sought by Jill Ireland be heard in the High Court.

Eventually, the CDs were returned last year but she is proceeding with the review application by seeking the declaratory relief to use materials containing the word "Allah" for religious and educational purposes.

It was reported on Sept 30, that the Court of Appeal did not allow Maiwp to intervene in the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) case after allowing the Sabah evengelical church's appeal.

Justice Hamid Sultan Abu Backer ruled that since the attorney-general is representing the government as guardian of public interests of the government and agencies, there was no need for Maiwp to be represented.