Dutch Bishop wants Christians to call God 'Allah'

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Aug. 16, 2007 21:03 Updated Aug. 16, 2007 21:38
Dutch Bishop wants Christians to call God 'Allah'
By HAVIV RETTIG

"Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will call God 'Allah'?" asked Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens in an interview on Dutch TV this week. "God doesn't care what we call him."

Muskens, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the southern Dutch town of Breda, is known for previous controversial remarks suggesting the poor should steal bread and advocating the use of condoms to control the spread of AIDS.

As quoted by Radio Netherlands three decades ago, when serving as a missionary in Indonesia, "someone like me ... prayed to Allah yang maha kuasa [Almighty God] for eight years and other priests [did so] for 20 or 30 years. In the heart of the Eucharist, God is called Allah over there, so why can't we start doing that together?"

The bishop further noted that in Arabic-speaking regions, Christians speak of "Allah" as Westerners might speak of "Lord," and indeed were using the term in Aramaic before the rise of Islam.

But why the need for the switch now?

"If Muslims and Christians address God with the same name, this contributes to harmonious living between both religions," read a statement on the Web site of the Breda Diocese.

The diocese is careful to note that "the idea of calling God 'Allah' in the Catholic liturgy in the Netherlands has not been discussed as a component of diocesan policy, or as a policy of the Dutch [Catholic] Church."

Allah

My View

It seems that they have yet to find the true meaning of 'God'. The English meaning describes the Creator as a male species (God) or a female species (Goddess) and has the implications of many Gods. A supreme Being should be One Being and has no equal.

Such is the beauty of the Arabic language that Allah signifies Oneness, a Unique Being -- The God

There is no god but 'The God' (Allah)

Al-Ikhlas
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

[1] Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;

[2] Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;

[3] He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

[4] And there is none like unto Him.

Al-Falaq
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

[1] Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn,

[2] From the mischief of created things;

[3] From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads;

[4] From the mischief of those who practise secret Arts;

[5] And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy.

An-Nas
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

[1] Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind,

[2] The King (or Ruler) of Mankind,

[3] The God (or Judge) of Mankind,

[4] From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil), who withdraws (after his whisper),

[5] (The same) who whispers into the hearts of Mankind,

[6] Among Jinns and among Men.