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in response to reader comment: They say "Allah" just means "God," but...
Submitted by sara (United States), Oct 16, 2013 at 15:59
see here:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian appeals court on Monday upheld a government ban against the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God in non-Muslim faiths, overruling claims by Christians in this Muslim-majority nation that the restriction violates their religious rights.
"Allah" is the Arabic word for God and is commonly used in the Malay language to refer to God. But the Malaysian government insists that "Allah" should be exclusively reserved for Muslims because of concerns its use by others would confuse Muslims and could be used to convert them.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/14/malaysia-allah-dispute/2979037/
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| 5 | Regarding Israel [1066 words] | +Bp Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Jun 5, 2011 16:05 | 186005 | |
 defending Murdoch's legacy [138 words] | y Brandstetter MD | Jun 9, 2011 08:38 | 186005 | ||
| 4 | God's War on Terrorism [116 words] | Lynn Schaman | May 28, 2011 14:59 | 185674 | |
| The Cube [152 words] | Adam Neira | May 16, 2011 08:50 | 185270 | ||
| 3 | Problems of 2 state Palestine. [345 words] | D Burstein | May 21, 2011 13:18 | 185270 | |
| 1 | Amen Mr. Neira [82 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 22, 2011 19:35 | 185270 | |
| McDonalds Damascus: not [40 words] | Rea1ityCheck | May 11, 2011 23:08 | 185118 | ||
| Israel, look out [33 words] | PE | May 9, 2011 00:06 | 185040 | ||
| dear PE [100 words] | realist | May 12, 2011 15:29 | 185040 | ||
| Israels next move? Wouldn't you like to know! [164 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 24, 2011 01:11 | 185040 | ||
| They Cannot Know What They Do Not Understand [269 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 3, 2011 17:52 | 185040 | ||
| a future that goes where? [155 words] | Jules Posten | May 5, 2011 19:15 | 184928 | ||
| 2 | Peace in our time? [132 words] | Abraham Irwin | May 5, 2011 10:12 | 184913 | |
| Patriotism versus Islam [185 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 6, 2011 03:23 | 184913 | ||
| 14 | IF THREATENED, ISRAEL SHOULD JUST BE READY TO BOMB ITS ENEMY BACK TO WHERE IT BELONGS---STONE AGE!!! [826 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 4, 2011 16:09 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Shards of Custiss Lemay [224 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 5, 2011 05:09 | 184866 | |
| Absolutely correct, Mr. Ben Haq [184 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | May 6, 2011 11:27 | 184866 | ||
| Technology Abolished the Stone Age - But the Obstacle Facing Israel Does Appear Monolithic [47 words] | M. Tovey | May 6, 2011 16:50 | 184866 | ||
| I Support the Democratization of the Arabo-Islamic World [174 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 6, 2011 19:10 | 184866 | ||
| 2 | Allah Moon-God [104 words] | realist | May 12, 2011 15:41 | 184866 | |
| 2 | help for realist [192 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | May 13, 2011 09:31 | 184866 | |
| Deborah is RIGHT, 'Allah' is originally a reference to pagan deity [119 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 13, 2011 19:41 | 184866 | ||
| BIBLICAL SONS(S) OF GOD Vs Mr. realist's MISCONCEPTION [744 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 13, 2011 20:38 | 184866 | ||
| What is wrong in being a pagan diety? [80 words] | Prashant | May 14, 2011 01:16 | 184866 | ||
| 2 | Totally correct [255 words] | Angel | May 16, 2011 03:37 | 184866 | |
| 41 | 'Allah,' Is Not the God of the Bible [5886 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | May 23, 2011 00:12 | 184866 |
| BRUTUS BALAN is right but.... [230 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | May 26, 2011 12:14 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | In agreement with Brutus [82 words] | +Bp Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Jun 6, 2011 07:41 | 184866 | |
| The narrative Bible and the erratic Quran [491 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 11, 2011 01:00 | 184866 | ||
| Creation days: numbered not named [352 words] | Brutus Balan | Dec 8, 2011 23:56 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Brutus Balan is right..... [27 words] | Jim Bow | Dec 13, 2011 00:20 | 184866 | |
| Allah means God in Arabic. The Christians have a right to the word. [48 words] | Daniel Aquino | Apr 20, 2013 13:56 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Do explain please! [26 words] | Brutus Balan | Apr 23, 2013 04:13 | 184866 | |
| 2 | They say "Allah" just means "God," but... [40 words] | RKae | Oct 14, 2013 10:16 | 184866 | |
| 1 | So many mistakes. [308 words] | Sharbano | Oct 14, 2013 14:20 | 184866 | |
| 2 |  Some Islamic governments disagree with you [96 words] | sara | Oct 16, 2013 15:59 | 184866 | |
| Appropriateness of this article [210 words] | Nick Lim | Oct 19, 2013 00:43 | 184866 | ||
| Let's see if it is inappropriate and undefying? [209 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 21, 2013 01:36 | 184866 | ||
| From 'gut' to 'God' [92 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 21, 2013 01:49 | 184866 | ||
| 5 | The word Allah is a loan word from Syriac Alaha also Allaha [372 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 26, 2013 07:43 | 184866 | |
| Allah and God [170 words] | Av Moiden | Oct 26, 2013 14:29 | 184866 | ||
| Odd [129 words] | Vijay | Oct 27, 2013 07:28 | 184866 | ||
| Not odd, if the issue is God [408 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 29, 2013 01:40 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Christianity use Allah before Islam so it was Islam who mock identity of "Loving" Allah to become "T3rror" Allah. [304 words] | Vicente | Oct 30, 2013 05:11 | 184866 | |
| Why stay out? [151 words] | Vijay | Nov 5, 2013 07:34 | 184866 | ||
| Stay Out and Muse Elsewhere [297 words] | Brutus Balan | Nov 5, 2013 21:48 | 184866 | ||
| not appropriate [97 words] | Vijay | Nov 8, 2013 13:02 | 184866 | ||
| Move on, shall we? [136 words] | Brutus Balan | Nov 8, 2013 20:51 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Is the Qur'an a plagiarism of the Bible [232 words] | Awang Matasan Alli | Jun 26, 2014 23:36 | 184866 | |
| 2 | Our dear Awang tells us that Muhammad was illiterate which very well explains why the Qur'an is such a confused and confusing book [391 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 09:58 | 184866 | |
| 2 | The Qur'an is a corrupted and edited book! Oh my evidence? read and enjoy [755 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 28, 2014 10:28 | 184866 | |
| 2 | The illiterate and his book [183 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 30, 2014 06:31 | 184866 | |
| 2 | See I told you that slience is golden! The eye of the needle and camels and plagiarism [233 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 30, 2014 08:59 | 184866 | |
| 2 | Allah is the same God of the Bible, [225 words] | John Daniels | Dec 19, 2014 15:30 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Our dear JD is quoting a corrupted book to prove a point [647 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 20, 2014 09:50 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Our dear JD the so called "scholar" [360 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 21, 2014 12:11 | 184866 | |
| allah ... [77 words] | steve | May 27, 2015 20:44 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Allah the moon god [33 words] | paz rodriguez | Mar 18, 2016 14:49 | 184866 | |
| Wrong. [170 words] | DI | Oct 7, 2016 22:31 | 184866 | ||
| 1 | Allah [17 words] | James | Feb 3, 2020 11:24 | 184866 | |
| 1 | Most interviews of Middle East experts in the MOMENT are extremely disturbing [88 words] | Phil Mond | May 3, 2011 22:09 | 184831 | |
| Shoot for a B+ [191 words] | Jay1 | May 3, 2011 19:35 | 184829 | ||
| 1 | Be Careful What You Wish For! [93 words] | Barry Black | May 3, 2011 17:14 | 184821 | |
| 1 | Non-violence [46 words] | Frank Luke | May 3, 2011 16:51 | 184819 | |
| Israel Needs to Move in Only One Direction [808 words] | M. Tovey | May 3, 2011 16:06 | 184818 | ||
| A rapidly changing universe [85 words] | Abraham Irwin | May 5, 2011 10:26 | 184818 | ||
| Only the Temporary Changes; Beyond the Reach of Time Nothing Changes [668 words] | M. Tovey | May 6, 2011 15:16 | 184818 | ||
| 2 | Deciciveness and Determination [257 words] | yonatan silverman | May 3, 2011 14:51 | 184816 | |
| Not complelety against it but you aren't facing the problems that will bring... [166 words] | Abu Nudnik | May 5, 2011 12:05 | 184816 | ||
| 3 | The CHICKEN and EGG Question Remains, if anything More Urgent Than Ever [873 words] | Ron Thompson | May 3, 2011 14:42 | 184815 | |
| 1 | A troubling issue, if we overestimate them [96 words] | sara | May 3, 2011 17:40 | 184815 | |
| I fear you're right -- the Palestinians may well break the PR code by ofbserving "People Power" around them [84 words] | Charles Martel | May 3, 2011 14:27 | 184814 | ||
| Would General Assembly Resolution Be De-Legitmizing Of Israel...?? [207 words] | Sheldon Tyber | May 3, 2011 13:54 | 184812 | ||
| Palestinian Frustration [90 words] | Tarek | May 3, 2011 13:29 | 184811 | ||
| Frustrations of a Self-Induced Nature - Why the World Should be Wary of the New Muslim Revolution [154 words] | M. Tovey | May 4, 2011 18:23 | 184811 | ||
| 1 | The Actions of Muslims In Tahrer Square and in Egypt Make Me Ashamed of Being Born Into Islam [119 words] | Noor Khan | May 19, 2011 02:05 | 184811 | |
| Who are the "REAL" Palestinians? [23 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 24, 2011 01:47 | 184811 | ||
| On being born Muslim [174 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | May 25, 2011 14:44 | 184811 | ||
| Worst terrorism during 1950-1966, nothing to do with 1967 'occupation'. [83 words] | ajnn | May 26, 2011 18:44 | 184811 | ||
| 1 | What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East? [26 words] | steven l | May 3, 2011 13:23 | 184810 | |
| What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East? [52 words] | steven l | May 3, 2011 13:07 | 184809 | ||
| 2 | THE NEXT MOVE- SHOULD IT BE AN ISRAELI ONE OR A PALESTINIAN ONE? [270 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | May 3, 2011 12:33 | 184808 | |
| 1 | Hope is not enough [387 words] | yonatan silverman | May 3, 2011 12:17 | 184807 | |
| Hope IS Enough When Faith is Its Source [521 words] | M. Tovey | May 5, 2011 13:49 | 184807 | ||
| 1 | Non violence [283 words] | Jon, a Brit from Euroland | May 3, 2011 11:39 | 184805 | |
| 1 | Arab uprisings, democracy, and Israel [98 words] | Jonathan Usher | May 3, 2011 11:23 | 184804 | |
| Gaza-Egypt sounds not bad if Egypt wants it but... [50 words] | Abu Nudnik | May 5, 2011 12:17 | 184804 | ||
| It's nothing to do with democracy [34 words] | Leon | May 3, 2011 11:07 | 184803 | ||
| 1 | Deligitimization? [9 words] | Melvin A. Fechter | May 3, 2011 11:04 | 184802 | |
| Don't miss even a vague opportunity [113 words] | Ira Kasper | May 3, 2011 10:49 | 184801 |
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