By Riduan Mohamad,
Quranic concepts were taken from the Arabian past
`ALLAH´ this name was well known before the time of Mohammed as can be proved by the names of relatives of Mohammed: his father's name was Abd-ullah (slave of Allah) and his uncle as well as one of the hanifs was named Obeid-allah.
Besides this, Mohammed's reference to Allah was not criticized by the infidels of Mecca. YUSUFALI: Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.
PICKTHAL: Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.
SHAKIR: Do not associate with Allah any other god, lest you sit down despised, neglected.
- Source: Quran, Sura (chapter) 17:22
Yet the Quaran also states that Muslims, Jews and Christians worship the same God:
YUSUFALI: And dispute yet not with the People of the Book, except with means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury): but say, “We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam).”
PICKTHAL: And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which had been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our Allah and your Allah is One, and unto Him we surrender.
SHAKIR: And do not dispute with the followers of the Book except by what is best, except those of them who act unjustly, and say: We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our Allah and your Allah is One, and to Him do we submit.
- Source: Quran, Sura (chapter) 29:46
After reading all the quotes above, we have to understand that there is only one god for everyone. Some may refer him as Allah, Jehovah, Christa, The lord, Buddha and Rama. Despite many names the god still is a singular as one and only. I would like to explain, the same god created human being including Muslims, Christians, Jews, other religions and all living entities. Why are we having different religions, is it the mistake of the God? Due to over acceptation, the Allah gives us different knowledge. For example after sitting in same school some may become doctors, lawyers, engineers and also low profile workers. It is the same due to some intelligent Allah created different religion. Muslims should not force anyone to follow them. Ultimately it is the same god’s creation. If we force the nature of the creations that means you are being offensive to Allah.
Now we shall see how other been force by one group of religion. Have ever seen a Buddhist claims that his religion is superior and rejecting all other religions? Have you ever seen a Sikh follower slaughtering innocent people because they refuse to accept Sikhism? Have you ever seen Atheist attacking and destroying others culture? Have you ever seen Hindus destroying other religious places and constructing temple over it? Have you ever seen a Jew blowing himself to kill non Jews to get 72 virgins in the heaven? Have you ever seen Christians hijacking air-planes and blowing building in any Islamic country? Have you ever seen any bomb blasting or demolishing mosque in these 52 years of independent? Why such a force everywhere?
Under the Federal Constitution, the Malay-sian government of the day cannot interfere into the affairs of religions, other than that of Islam. How could then the Umno government decide which Christians can use the word Allah? How could then Umno decide what terms that Christians can use in their worships? After all Allah is an Arabic term, not Malay. After all, even the Malay language does not belong to Malays. Malay language is the mostly borrowed language in the world.
The language does not even have its own alpha, let alone terms. Islam is a religion and religion does not have a language. It's a race that has a language. Christians in Arab world have been using the Allah term long before Islam was invented. What right do the Umno Malays have to stop Christians from using the term? If the term ain´t sensitive to Muslim in Sabah and Sarawak, why then it's sensitive to Muslim in the Peninsular? Are we saying that Muslims in Peninsular are greater fanatics, despite
being exposed to information technology, advanced education, modernization, urbanization more than their counterparts in Borneo states? Are we saying that despite enjoying all types privileges for past 53 years, including earning mega bucks without dropping a sweat, Malays are still lacking of rational thinking? Is the Umno government telling us that Malays / Muslims in Peninsular are still 'living on trees'?
Now after the 31st December 2009 court ruling, the judge becomes under threat and the Muslims started to show hatred towards Christian. There are also bombing cases and life threat cases. If this could have been done by other races against Islam. Then government or Police di Raja Malaysia would charge them under offensive to the court ruling. They can also been charged for offensive against the ruler (King). When it comes to siding Islam, They can have the rights to demonstrate; till now no one is charged in the court for church bombing and even the King is speaking against the court ruling. Where is the justice in Malaysia? The Malays has one standard and the others have another standard. An analyst from USA told Al Jazeera that he doesn’t see any solution for this matter; furthermore he said the Malays are over reacting and exaggerating. Are my Malay Brothers acting wisely? Where is the justice in Malaysia and now you conclude who is under threat?
Quranic concepts were taken from the Arabian past
`ALLAH´ this name was well known before the time of Mohammed as can be proved by the names of relatives of Mohammed: his father's name was Abd-ullah (slave of Allah) and his uncle as well as one of the hanifs was named Obeid-allah.
Besides this, Mohammed's reference to Allah was not criticized by the infidels of Mecca. YUSUFALI: Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.
PICKTHAL: Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.
SHAKIR: Do not associate with Allah any other god, lest you sit down despised, neglected.
- Source: Quran, Sura (chapter) 17:22
Yet the Quaran also states that Muslims, Jews and Christians worship the same God:
YUSUFALI: And dispute yet not with the People of the Book, except with means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury): but say, “We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam).”
PICKTHAL: And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which had been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our Allah and your Allah is One, and unto Him we surrender.
SHAKIR: And do not dispute with the followers of the Book except by what is best, except those of them who act unjustly, and say: We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our Allah and your Allah is One, and to Him do we submit.
- Source: Quran, Sura (chapter) 29:46
After reading all the quotes above, we have to understand that there is only one god for everyone. Some may refer him as Allah, Jehovah, Christa, The lord, Buddha and Rama. Despite many names the god still is a singular as one and only. I would like to explain, the same god created human being including Muslims, Christians, Jews, other religions and all living entities. Why are we having different religions, is it the mistake of the God? Due to over acceptation, the Allah gives us different knowledge. For example after sitting in same school some may become doctors, lawyers, engineers and also low profile workers. It is the same due to some intelligent Allah created different religion. Muslims should not force anyone to follow them. Ultimately it is the same god’s creation. If we force the nature of the creations that means you are being offensive to Allah.
Now we shall see how other been force by one group of religion. Have ever seen a Buddhist claims that his religion is superior and rejecting all other religions? Have you ever seen a Sikh follower slaughtering innocent people because they refuse to accept Sikhism? Have you ever seen Atheist attacking and destroying others culture? Have you ever seen Hindus destroying other religious places and constructing temple over it? Have you ever seen a Jew blowing himself to kill non Jews to get 72 virgins in the heaven? Have you ever seen Christians hijacking air-planes and blowing building in any Islamic country? Have you ever seen any bomb blasting or demolishing mosque in these 52 years of independent? Why such a force everywhere?
Under the Federal Constitution, the Malay-sian government of the day cannot interfere into the affairs of religions, other than that of Islam. How could then the Umno government decide which Christians can use the word Allah? How could then Umno decide what terms that Christians can use in their worships? After all Allah is an Arabic term, not Malay. After all, even the Malay language does not belong to Malays. Malay language is the mostly borrowed language in the world.
The language does not even have its own alpha, let alone terms. Islam is a religion and religion does not have a language. It's a race that has a language. Christians in Arab world have been using the Allah term long before Islam was invented. What right do the Umno Malays have to stop Christians from using the term? If the term ain´t sensitive to Muslim in Sabah and Sarawak, why then it's sensitive to Muslim in the Peninsular? Are we saying that Muslims in Peninsular are greater fanatics, despite
being exposed to information technology, advanced education, modernization, urbanization more than their counterparts in Borneo states? Are we saying that despite enjoying all types privileges for past 53 years, including earning mega bucks without dropping a sweat, Malays are still lacking of rational thinking? Is the Umno government telling us that Malays / Muslims in Peninsular are still 'living on trees'?
Now after the 31st December 2009 court ruling, the judge becomes under threat and the Muslims started to show hatred towards Christian. There are also bombing cases and life threat cases. If this could have been done by other races against Islam. Then government or Police di Raja Malaysia would charge them under offensive to the court ruling. They can also been charged for offensive against the ruler (King). When it comes to siding Islam, They can have the rights to demonstrate; till now no one is charged in the court for church bombing and even the King is speaking against the court ruling. Where is the justice in Malaysia? The Malays has one standard and the others have another standard. An analyst from USA told Al Jazeera that he doesn’t see any solution for this matter; furthermore he said the Malays are over reacting and exaggerating. Are my Malay Brothers acting wisely? Where is the justice in Malaysia and now you conclude who is under threat?
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