Oh, Allah, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Roman Catholic Bishop Tiny Muskens of the Netherlands has decided that the way to ease Muslim-Everybody Else tensions is to start using “Allah” instead of “God." Noting that God does not care what we call him, Muskens thought, why not yield a little to Muslim ways? Or would that be submit, the literal meaning of “Islam"?“Allah is a very beautiful word for God," Muskens said on Dutch television a few days ago. “Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah?"....

The Doxology of my Protestant childhood is problematic with the two-syllable Allah instead of the monosyllabic God, but not impossible: Praise Allah, from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below. Not perfect, but workable.America's familiar childhood blessing is downright euphonious: Allah is great, Allah is good, let us thank him for our food. But the Apostle's Creed is a mess: I believe in Allah the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only son .... Oops.

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I have been reading a book by Mark Steyn America Alone. I can only handle bits at a time as Mr. Steyn peels away the sugarcoating over the treat of Islamic imperialism. My only comment to Parker’s article is, “Allah is a false god”. God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not the god Abraham, Ishmael and Mohammad.