http://chronikler.com Byte-sized muse and views Thu, 24 May 2012 04:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/for-allahs-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-198 KhaledDiab Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:03:19 +0000 http://chronikler.com/?page_id=1463#comment-198 Salil, thanks for the clarification. However, the existence of the Malay word Tuhan does not nullify the broader meaning of the word Allah, and so Christians should have as much right to use it as Muslims. Besides, the word Lord is translatedas Tuhan in Malaysian Bibles, while God is rendered Allah(which makes sense as the ancient Hebrew and Arabic words for god derive from the same Semitic root). Salil, thanks for the clarification. However, the existence of the Malay word Tuhan does not nullify the broader meaning of the word Allah, and so Christians should have as much right to use it as Muslims. Besides, the word Lord is translatedas Tuhan in Malaysian Bibles, while God is rendered Allah(which makes sense as the ancient Hebrew and Arabic words for god derive from the same Semitic root).

]]> http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/for-allahs-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Salil SARKAR Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:03:52 +0000 http://chronikler.com/?page_id=1463#comment-196 See, the Malayan word for god is Tuhan. Allah is a muslim term that comes from Arabic. In Arabic spoken by jews, christians and muslims, god is allah. In hinduism, god is bhagwan, in spanish it's dios, in french dieu and in german it's gott. The christian god is linked to concepts of trinity etc. The muslim god is not. Thus in Malaysia, they are asking non-muslims not to use the word allah which has no link to trinity stuff. That of course does not justify violence against churches. In fact malaysian muslim figures have called to defend the churches against physical attacks, but the same underline that malayan is not arabic and god cannot be allah. See, the Malayan word for god is Tuhan. Allah is a muslim term that comes from Arabic. In Arabic spoken by jews, christians and muslims, god is allah. In hinduism, god is bhagwan, in spanish it’s dios, in french dieu and in german it’s gott. The christian god is linked to concepts of trinity etc. The muslim god is not. Thus in Malaysia, they are asking non-muslims not to use the word allah which has no link to trinity stuff.
That of course does not justify violence against churches. In fact malaysian muslim figures have called to defend the churches against physical attacks, but the same underline that malayan is not arabic and god cannot be allah.

]]> http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/for-allahs-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-194 KhaledDiab Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:11:50 +0000 http://chronikler.com/?page_id=1463#comment-194 Let's hope so! Let’s hope so!

]]> http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/for-allahs-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Robert Adler Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:03:07 +0000 http://chronikler.com/?page_id=1463#comment-193 As they say in Spanish--Ojala' (God willing)--the Malaysians come to their senses over this. As they say in Spanish–Ojala’ (God willing)–the Malaysians come to their senses over this.

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