Malaysia charges three over Allah row church fires

– BBC reports: “Prosecutors in Malaysia have charged three Muslim men with firebombing a church in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, earlier this month.”
– “They are the first suspects to appear in court in connection with a series of attacks on Christian places of worship.”
– The violence began when a High Court judge ruled that a Roman Catholic newspaper had the right to use the word Allah to refer to the Christian God.”
– “Up to 11 Christian churches have been attacked in the past three weeks.”
– “The men pleaded not guilty and were released on bail.”

A Kuala Lumpur police officer inspects the damage to the Metro Tabernacle Church which was destroyed by a fire bomb in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Desa Melawati,08 Jan 2010 (Photo AP)