15,000 Bibles confiscated because they referred to "God" as "Allah,

The english word GOD in the sense the ONE ALMIGHTY GOD is equivalent to the word ALLAH in Arabic and it's ancestor languages like Aramaic. The word ALLAH is used by Arab Christians and Jews before and after Prophet Mohammad and it is used today's Arab Christians living in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq etc. The Bible of those Arab Christians also use the word ALLAH for the GOD. So whats there to be confiscated?

Thanks for starting this discussion.In fact the original or personal name of one God Almighty,which He Himself likes the most is "ALLAH" and nothing else.This name gives Monotheistic view of Him whereas "God" is used for many polytheistic or self-created Gods as we find in Christianity and Hinduism.....And the last divine book ,the Holy Quran,is the final proof that He likes Him to be called as "ALLAH" and should never be joined with other self-created gods.......

This is exactly what I told another member here in another discussion…that member was defending Allah as the exclusive preserve of Muslims so I told him NO…Allah is just the Arabic word for God. Today if as a Hindu I am born in Arabia (not possible I know) and Arabic is my mother tongue, then I will refer to the Hindu gods as Allah! What difference does it make whether we call God as Allah or God (which again is just another English word) or Bhagwan (Hindi word for God)…very very stupid people.

Almighty GOD (LORD) in various religions: Hinduism: Representation: with symbol "OM" or "aum", call it "Brahman" "Para Brahman" which is different from "Brahma" (Sanskrit). Qualities: Can exist in many dimensions like form-less form, material-form, energy, time etc.. Present everywhere and in everything AND Everything is present in Almighty. Has come in human and animal forms on the earth.. and keeps on coming in future.. knows everything. Christianity: Representation: LORD, Almighty GOD (English), In Hebrew they call it with different name.. Qualities: LORD is in a form of Human, created humans as his image.. Is in Heaven. Sent his Only son. (implies Almighty cannot have more children). Will not come again. Islam: Representation: Allah (Arabic). Qualities: Exists only in Form-less dimension Location is not known. Has no children. and sends prophets. and has sent a last prophet.. Now you only check the differences in the concept of Almighty in different religions.

Allah is the name of God worship by Islam. This means that allah and God are different. God is the title of the supreme being worship by Christians. If Islam has there name of their God, maybe Christians also has their name and that is Jesus known by many and Jehovah for those who worship this God. Either Allah and Jehovah, it depends on the worshiper how they respect their God.

Wouldn't a rose by any other name smell as sweet???? Seems that people do not need much of a reason to fight.How many problems in the world could be solved by simply working together. Maybe they are right when they say that the Lawyers are winning!!

The link you show seems to have expired. It says the page is no longer available. I found information on cnn.com at the following link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/malaysia.bibles.seized/index.html. It is always interesting to see how some people view religious issues. The reasons given are interesting. It is also interesting that they are having this battle when "The Malaysian constitution provides for freedom of religion." It is more understandable when you take note that "the country has a dual-track justice system, in which Islamic courts operate alongside civil ones." I like to think that for those religions that worship one God, no matter what the name, at the end of the day, we are all worshipping the same God. I guess we will have to wait and watch this one.

Hello my friend sanjana_aslam Ji, I have difference of opinion. In christianity, who called ;God' first and in Islam, who called 'Allah' first should only reply, as a true witness in teh court and if they find teh same, should be taken. A common person like us may agree with same meaning, but in fact they are not the same. God is pronounced by english knowing people, whereas 'Allah' is not pronounced by english kowing people. So why to compel them to make that mistake. Like this every religion has its own faitrh and belief. May God bless YOu and have graet time.

In Islam, God is Allah but in other religion I think different from what I'm thinking. Debate in Malaysia seems very complicated because the disputed religious. Indonesia has any principles of all religion is not at issue, because united we stand and divided we fall.

Heres the thing, in Islam they say that Allah is the same God christians worship, because their prophet was instructed by an angel of God. Now the Christians refuse to acknowledge anything from the Quran, so they will never see God as Allah. I myself thought about this, heres the difference the difference is Jesus, an he never says anything about Allah, also you have to remember we also know God as Jehovah.

OMG...these people have a problem! Aren't we trying to be friends? To share things among religions? To stop fighting? Don't we try to teach kids in school that it's our differences that makes us special and we should accept all? What's the point to destroy 15,000 Bibles for nothing? They should really really practice what they preach! And I think it was wrong to do, and against peace and friendship, that are the only policies I support.