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
Time and a Word Maker" noting that despite the amplification problems, the "musical break-through" reaction from the audience suggested to him that the group had "arrived". The shows were the last in which Yes performed with an orchestra, until the 2001 Symphonic Tour to support their nineteenth studio album "Magnification", which also featured orchestral arrangements. Tensions within the band increased, and just after the album's recording was completed in early 1970, Banks was asked to leave. Steve Howe would join the line-up, as a replacement, that June. Following the UK release of "Time and a Word" in July 1970, the album became the group's