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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI know it’s intentional here, but I cringe whenever someone says ‘Allah’ in an English sentence because it’s just the Arabic word for God.
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoBut doesn’t muslims also consider arabic to be the holy language and therefore the correct way and only way to refer to allah?
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYes. I think everybody knows Allah is the word for God.
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut it’s funny
I know it’s intentional here, but I cringe whenever someone says ‘Allah’ in an English sentence because it’s just the Arabic word for God.
But doesn’t muslims also consider arabic to be the holy language and therefore the correct way and only way to refer to allah?
Yes. I think everybody knows Allah is the word for God.
But it’s funny