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‘Allah’ used by Christians long before advent of Islam

Published On November 13 , 2009
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Dear Editor,

I am a Christian from the Middle East, and I would like to comment on the issue of the 15,000 Bibles detained because they contain the word ‘Allah’.

That word ‘Alah’ or ‘Allah’ has the same meaning in other languages as: God, Dieu (French) etc, but my point is: We the Christians in the Middle East have been using Word Allah in our Arabic language before even the rise of Islam 1400 years back, and we’ve been around since Lord Jesus’ period.

So kindly ‘Mr Malay Authority’, have some knowledge before issuing a false statement.

Mattar Rabie
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