The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur wants to use the word "Allah"for the Catholic weekly "The Herald" Let him go ahead with it. Jesus used the world "Allah" when he was going around spreading the message of God. So did Moses. It is unthinkable that these two prophets used other words when referring to God. The words "Lord" and "Father" were of later development when Christianity reached the shores of Europe. Jesus himself never used these two words. In fact he never even heard of them. So followers of Christianity today should use the word that Jesus used when referring to God and that is "Allah".
Muslims should not be offended by Christians who have made Allah a part of Trinity. That is their business. Allah's status as God does not change by this. He is never a part of anything. Let the Christians believe what they choose to believe.
On the other hand I would object to it strongly if for example the Hindus and the Buddhists decide to call their god "Allah" because they are not "ahl-kitab" - people of the book.
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- Ahmad Sirajudin
- I am a retired English teacher. During my thirty two year career I have taught students in primary schools, secondary schools and going all the way up to colleges and universities. I started as a college trained teacher and later proceed to do my bachelor and masters abroad. My sojourn in foreign lands gave me a new perspective of life -a new dimension of reality - and I began to be interested in such varied topics as Islam and Christianity and also on American Messing Up the World
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