Christians Banned From Using Word 'Allah' in Arabic by New Fatwa in Malaysia

Christian Post ^ | 01/11/2013 | Daniel Blake

[bunkerhill7]

Allah or Tuhan are the terms for “God” used in Indonesia centuries before Mohammed was born, and still used today, even in Indo churches here in USA.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Whites are banned from using the “N” word.
Blacks use it every day and all the time.

Except in the movies where Whites can say it with gusto, especially when they play the bad guys ( See: Django Unchained)

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Allah or Tuhan are the terms for “God” used in Indonesia centuries before Mohammed was born

How did Allah creep in to the Native Indonesian dialect before Mohammad? Did the Arabs get there before he was born?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Cicero, twenty generations of Arabic-speaking Christians used the word "Allah" (the Arabic word for God) for 500+ years before Muhammad was even born. They have more historic right to he word than Muslims do.

There are hundreds of thousands of Arabic-speaking Christians in Syria and Lebanon, but it's probably nearly a non-issue in Malaysia. I wonder what ticked off the sultan? Christian missionary activity?

[Cicero]

True. It’s a problem in Arabic speaking countries.

[bunkerhill7]

“Indonesia has had contact with the Arab world for hundreds of years, prior to the emergence of Islam in Indonesia. Most contact was with spice traders, but the first Arab settlements in the archipelago may date from the fifth century” -—wiki

[Former Fetus]

There might be good reason an Arabic speaker might want to avoid advertising a Jewish reference point.

You've made a good point!

[onedoug]

Signed, “Omygosh, Emir of Shmoe”.

[Melas]

Nonsense. The entire globe uses the Germanic “God”, and the King James Bible. /s