KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed June 3 for another mention of a Sarawakian woman's bid to challenge the home ministry's confiscation of eight compact discs (CDs) of Christian religious teachings containing the word "Allah".

High Court Senior Assistant Registrar Halilah Suboh fixed the new date in chambers on Monday, March 15 after meeting Jill Ireland Lawrence Bill's counsel Annou Xavier and senior federal counsel Andi Razalijaya A Dadi.

Speaking to reporters, Andi said the home ministry and federal government, who are the respondents, had to file their affidavits while Jill was to file any affidavit-in-reply if necessary before the date.

Jill filed her application for judicial review on Aug 20, 2008 after the home ministry confiscated her CDs on May 11, 2008 when she disembarked at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang after returning from a trip to Indonesia. The home ministry had seized the materials under Section 9(1) of the Printing Presses And Publications Act 1984.

The High Court then granted Jill the green light on May 4, 2009 to initiate judicial review proceedings against the home ministry and the federal government for the confiscation.

Jill is seeking a court declaration that she has the legitimate expectation to exercise her right to possess, use and import publications containing the word "Allah".

She is also seeking a court order to quash the home ministry's decision to seize the CDs and an order to compel the ministry to return the CDs.

The Sarawakian native professing the Christian faith claimed that she used the word "Allah" in her prayers, worship and religious education.

Jill also claimed that she received a letter from the home ministry, dated July 7, 2008, explaining that the confiscation was made because the CDs were a threat to security, the materials used prohibited words and had breached guidelines issued by the Department of Islamic Development (Jakim).

Commenting on Jill's suit and related cases, Xavier told reporters, "We want to have this matter globally settled with the Herald case".

Xavier was referring to the controversial suit by Catholic publication Herald in challenging the home ministry's decision to prevent the weekly paper from using the word "Allah" in its Bahasa Malaysia edition.

The Court of Appeal has yet to fix a date to hear the home ministry and federal government's appeal of the High Court's ruling on Dec 31, 2009 allowing Herald to use the word "Allah".