Arabic Characters Alef & Lam Appear Incorrect at Runtime using Sun JRE/JPI

Hi,
We implemented Sun JRE for Oracle EBS 11i in Production on 7th Jan 2009.
We went with Sun JRE 1.6.0_07 as we faced new Broswer Minimizing Problem in IE with 1.6.0_10 and 1.6.0_11.
Now we have some issue related to Arabic Characters Alef and Lam - Doc Id 731703.1.
The solution is to use 1.6.0_11 but we can't. I would like to know if there is any work around without using 1.6.0_11.
Thanks
Thiru

Hi,
We have the problem with 1.6.0_11 also.
I checked in TEST instance. Strangly the problem is only while using Arabic Forms thru Arabic Login.
If we login thru English Login and access the same Form in Enlgish and then type in Arabic there is no problem. I got these details from our Arabic Consultants.
I am trying the revert back to jinitiator.
Rgds,
Thiru

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