Who here prays in the name of Allah?

[Floogeldy]

B-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. I refuse to use names

Deific labels are part of the reason the world's so screwed up now. Especially when everybody's so stubborn about insisting that they're right and everybody else is wrong..."God's" on my side, and not yours.

I'm shunning labels until we evolve beyond war and similar nonsense.

[Guy Fawkes]

2. I don't know 'im...

Does he need praying for?
:evilgrin:

[tjwmason]

3. Allah simply means 'The One'

And therefore any monotheist arguably does so; certainly Arabic speaking Christians do.

[southlandshari]

4. As an Arabic-speaking Christian

I thank you for your post! "Allah" is the abbreviated form of "il-Allah" which is translated into English as "The God" (or "The One", as you pointed out). The same God that is worshipped by Jews and Christians. "Allah" isn't a name like Mike or Joe, it is simply the Arabic word for God.

On edit: I'm guessing the OP may not have been looking for serious discourse on this, but I couldn't help myself!

[tjwmason]

5. Is there no end of interesting and diverse people on D.U.?

I had a good friend at uni who was studying Arabic and Hebrew, who told me about the meaning of Allah. I think that he went on to further study looking at Christian, Jewish and Islamic theology side-by-side - fascinating stuff.

I once mentioned it to a fundy freeper, who was less than impressed (to say the very least).

[southlandshari]

6. Interesting and diverse people on DU...

...takes one to know one, right?!

;)