Islam in Malaysia He converted to Islam after marrying a princess from Pasai, of present-day Indonesia. The religion was adopted peacefully by the coastal trading ports people of Malaysia and Indonesia, absorbing rather than conquering existing beliefs. By the 15th and 16th centuries it was the majority faith of the Malay people. Currently, Islam is the state religion, specifically Shafi'ite school Sunnism. Some Islamic terms, such as the word Allah, are forbidden to non-Muslims both orally and in writing, which has created a controversy . In October 2013, the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the government's ban on the use of the word
Haram meanings and operates more closely as a dichotomy with "halal", which denotes the permissible. In Arabic-speaking countries, saying ""haram"" can mean 'what a shame' or 'what a pity' (this meaning has been adopted by Modern Hebrew slang as well, and is alike to the Italian use of "peccato"). The term can be used formally as a method for chastising strangers who behave inappropriately, or between friends as a form of teasing. The word is also used to instruct children in how to behave by telling them that harming other children or animals is "haram", among other things. The binary concepts