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Getting a Perspective about the Allah issue: Saw this from the National, a UAE (United Arab Emirates) government based newspaper based in Abu Dhabi ...copied and paste-d for enlightenment for all!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allah is not exclusive to Islam, says Emirati editorial An United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper has expressed its astonishment with the Court of Appeals decision yesterday to ban the Catholic weekly Herald from using the word ‘Allah to refer to God, emphasising that the word was not exclusive to Islam. The National, an government-owned UAE newspaper which is based in Abu Dhabi, said that yesterdays court decision appears to be wrong. In a fellow Muslim country with substantial Christian and Hindu populations, this feels like the wrong decision, said the editorial. The word ‘Allah is never exclusive to Islam - indeed, both Christians and Jews used the word ‘Allah to refer to God even before the coming of Islam, it said. When Christians across the Middle East pray to God, they use the term ‘Allah. Walk into a church in Cairo, Baghdad or Beirut this coming Sunday and you will hear the name of ‘Allah invoked. The Quran itself is explicit on this subject, declaring, in Surah Al Ankabut, that Muslims should tell People of the Book (Christians and Jews) that ‘our God and your God is one. Etymology overlooked The editorial said that the decision overlooks not only the theology, but also the etymology (a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word) of the word. The word ‘Allah is derived from the Arabic ‘al-ilah, the god. Its found its way across the world and entered Malay from Arabic, it said. Arabic as a language is a vehicle for faith, be that Christianity, Judaism or Islam. The God of the three monotheistic religions is the same god. It is unsurprising, therefore, that all three faiths in the Arabic-speaking world (and beyond) refer to God as ‘Allah. And if they have the same God, they should have the right to call their deity by the same name, it added

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