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To: Mrs. Don-o

“Allah” does not mean god. It is the name of a pro-Muslim diety and a Muslim diety. The proper word in Arabic for a god is “Illah”.


71 posted on 12/09/2016 6:46:53 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: rmlew
I am no authoritiy in Arabic grammar, orthography r philology, but I do know Christian Arabs use the term "Allah." It has caused controversy for them in Malaysia and other places, where angry Muslims accuse them of appropriating "their" word.

I suspect Muhammad actually appropriated it from the Nestorian Christians, from whom he looted (with a twist) so many theological concepts.

72 posted on 12/10/2016 4:58:59 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (They say what's up is down, they say what isn't, is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his.)
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