I just finished reading this blog posting by Mahaguru58 regarding the news reported by Malaysiakini few days ago. I’m not going to really agree with Zainol Abideen on this one. Illogical! The word Allah had been in use in pagan Mecca era even before Islam came to birth. At that time people there was still in darkness (jahil) with some occupants Abrahamic or Ahl al- Kitâb faith of Jews and Christian too! All of them refer to the almighty God as Allah.

The father of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is known to the world as Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: عبدالله بن عبد المطلب‎)‎ If I use my logic even his name contains the word Allah (even before the birth of Islam). So he is akaffir and non Muslim before the Prophet was born and preach Islam to the Meccans or Arabs and the world generally. So what is his right to have the word Allah in his name? The prophet (pbuh) only receive his first wahyu when he was 40 years old. Then only Islam officially were born. Simply said before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) the founder of Islam was born, the Arabs in pagan Mecca already used the word Allah. It was not exclusively used by people of Islamic faith or the followers of Muhammad (pbuh).

I don’t mean to disrespect you brother Zainol Abideen but on this one no matter what you said I simply can’t agree with you. I’m a Tamil christian and in my mother language I refer to Allah as ‘Kadavul’. That’s it! In Malay it means Tuhan. In Arab it means Allah. What is the fuss? For me the Herald issue is just politically motivated rather than a religious affair. That is a opinion of myself which you may argue if you wish.

Let us agree to disagree. I remain.

ciao!