Posted on 01/26/2014 10:57:39 PM PST by Olog-hai
A Malaysian church was attacked with firebombs early Monday, police said, sparking concerns of escalating tensions amid a dispute over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.
Penang state police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi said two men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails into the compound of The Assumption Church. No one was injured.
The attack came after a banner was found hanging outside three Penang churches, including The Assumption, on Sunday. The banner read: “Allah is great; Jesus is the son of Allah.” The churches have lodged complaints with police over the banner. …
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Wrong on both counts.
That becomes an agreement with the Muslims if one acknowledges Allah as God. The Koran is filled with insistences that “Allah has never taken unto himself a son”, and “Allah is not one of three”, ad nauseam.
In the muslim religion Jesus renounced Christianity and became an Islamic prophet. Their Jesus isn’t Christian.
Malaysian Christians must not know this.
Religion, a source of peace and inspiration. ;-(
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“Allah” is Arabic for “the one God”. Therefore, to say that Jesus is the son of the one God in Arabic you must use the term “Allah”. To do otherwise would imply that there is more than one God; a concept which fundamentally denies the monotheism of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
The people who were stating the ridiculous argument in Malaysia are totally wrong and unfortunately so is your statement.
BFL
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