(CNN) -- Authorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as "Allah," Christian leaders said Thursday.
The seizures have fed fears among minority groups, which see signs of encroaching Islamic fundamentalism in the predominantly Muslim but multi-racial country.
"There is a growing sense of Islamic assertion, yes," said the Rev. Hermen Shastri, general-secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia. "There is some concern."
The Bibles were written in the country's official language, Malay -- in which the word for God is "Allah," as it is in Arabic.
However, Malaysia's government says the word is exclusive to Islam.
Its use in Christian publications is likely to confuse Muslims and draw them to Christianity, the government says. So it has banned use of the word in Christian literature.
another interesting comment in the article: Muslims cannot convert to other religions without the permission of the Islamic courts, which rarely approve such requests.
Invent a new Christian name for God, it's not too difficult. I mean, if they're that fussed about it...
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Malaysia's leaders are part of the 7th head of the beast, that has persecuted Christians for over 13 centuries.
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, I have around 40 print bibles and parts thereof and of course my digital bibles as well. 
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