Allah - The Almighty

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Official reports have shown that in Malaysia, the books of the Bible, especially those translated into the Indonesian Malay and the Catholic publications refer to God as Allah. Notably, race and religion are inseparable issues in Malaysia, where the Malays who make up 60% of the 28 million population, are constitutionally defined to also be Muslims. The Malaysian Christians have also mentioned that they will continue to use the word Allah in the Malay version of the Bible. Meanwhile, the heads of churches had discussed the issue during their retreat in Ipoh and have made it clear that Malaysian Christians had been referring to God as Allah in their devotional life throughout centuries. Other reports have shown that there are many indigenous communities in the Malaysian nation who have incorporated the word Allah in their everyday language. Historians have advanced that Christians in Indonesia and Malaysia uses the word Allah to refer to God in their languages since the 16th and 17th centuries and in the year 2007, the central Malaysian government decided to put an end to the old tradition...

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor), Edward R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9786130148683
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14868-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works