Herald Malaysia Explained

Herald Malaysia
Type:Weekly newspaper
Format:Compact
Owners:The Titual Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Peninsular Malaysia
Editor:Father Lawrence Andrew, SJ
Foundation:8 September 1994
Price:MYR1.00
Headquarters:Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, 5 Robertson Road, 50150 Kuala Lumpur
Circulation:15,600

Herald Malaysia is a multilingual Malaysian Catholic weekly newspaper. It publishes in English with additional language sections inside in Chinese, Tamil and Malaysian languages.

Circulation

It has a circulation of 15,600 copies in Malaysia.[1] It is printed in English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese, and meant for distribution to Malaysian Catholics.[2]

Newspaper sections

Government threats and censorship

See main article: Malaysia v. The Herald. The Herald newspaper nearly lost its publishing licence for using the word "Allah" as a translation for "God," with authorities saying it should only be used by Muslims. The weekly was warned not to print "Allah" in the future, but instead it mounted an ongoing legal challenge to revoke the ban on the word, which is also used in the Malay-language Bible.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Catholic Church may sue over ministry 'lie'. Malaysia Today. 11 January 2009. 11 January 2009. 27 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227181346/http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/16824/84/. dead.
  2. News: Catholic newsletter warned to stay off politics. TheStar. 13 August 2008. 13 August 2008.
  3. News: Catholic paper faces new challenge from Malaysian authorities. AFP. 12 August 2008. 12 August 2008.