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Not to be simple minded, but since Christians in the Middle East have been using “Allah” for centuries before there was Islam (what other word could they have used?), why are we worried about its use here?

Is this a bit like being worried that English speakers are not worshipping Jesus, because there is no “J” in ancient Greek?


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