(December 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm)Optimistic Mysanthrope Wrote: Esq, that doesn't necessarily mean that Allah was always equated with Yahweh. Allah could well have a pre-existing deity that was conflated with Yahweh in order to maintain cultural beliefs, practices and identity whilst adopting a new religion. After all, assimilation has long been one of christianity's greatest tools and I doubt they are the only faith to have used it.
(cue jokes about religious tools)
Granted, but I just thought GC would more willingly sit up and listen to something from his own holy screed. Fact is, there's a lot of crossover between the two religions in their holy books, and the general teachings of Islam accept that Allah either is the god of Abraham, or the two share a common source in the actual creative deity. To characterize Allah as some other god is simply incorrect, both in present and based upon the original writings of Islam's prophet.
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