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Does anyone else find it odd that the media will translate an Arabic phrase into English, but if God is mentioned the word is left in Arabic--Allah.

Asked by JLeslie (65417points) June 28th, 2009

I think there are bunches of Americans who don’t even realize that Allah is the same God as the Christian God. We don’t do this when translating Hebrew. Or, if the Pope is speaking in German. I think this is another thing that encourages Americans to be afraid of Muslims and their beliefs.

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