The text of the new OBL tape uses the word "God" instead of "Allah"

[Maraya1969]

I tried to check but only found one other transcript and OBL uses the word "Allah". Even if it was written in English before transcribed to Arabic you would think a real Muslim would call Allah by his right name.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/13/tape.transcript/


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"UBL: Thanks to Allah. What is the stand of the Mosques there (in Saudi Arabia)?


Shaykh: At the exact time of the attack on America, precisely at the time. He (Bahrani) gave a very impressive sermon. Thanks be to Allah for his blessings. He (Bahrani) was the first one to write at war time. I visited him twice in Al-Qasim.

UBL: Thanks be to Allah."

[Vickers]

1. Maybe he got saved?

:shrug:

[thebigidea]

2. obviously that's just the translation

its not like he released an english translation/transcript simultaneously. I doubt he slipped in the word "God" in English amidst an Arabic rant, eh?

[Maraya1969]

8. What I mean is the transcript seems to enforce what has been proported

.......that the tape is a fraud made up by Rove or someone like him.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

3. This IS a joke, right? n/t

[Maraya1969]

9. See #8

[Catch22Dem]

4. Since Allah translates to God

I'm sure it's just the translation.

[Maraya1969]

10. It was written in ENGLISH first according to what I have read. If it

was written in English it was written by someone who is not Muslim. In other words it is a fake.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. I'm unclear as to what you are saying

are you saying that bin Laden used an English word in the midst of his tirade? Or was it the translation? If it is simply a translation, it is correct, for "Allah" is Arabic for God-there is no seperate God, but only One. I have Christian friends from Jerusalem who speak Arabic, and use the word Allah when they speak that language.

[lynne]

6. Allah translates to God -

- I saw one translation of the recent tape that used Allah in lieu of God.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. It is very peculiar. He sounds like a conservative right-winger from

America, yet, Chris Matthews calls him a Michael Moore.

Makes no sense a'tall