To: xzins
"Allah" is the Arabic word for God. Arabic-speaking Christians call God "Allah".
To: VeritatisSplendor
Christians don't get named "God."
I suspect that the etymology of "allah" meaning god in arabic is connected to islam....prior to mohammed there were many gods in those cultures. they each had names.
64 posted on
01/12/2003 8:57:32 PM PST by
xzins
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