Entitled to God by Peter Riddell

Entitled to God

Copyrighting “Allah” in Malaysia Stirs Strife

by Peter Riddell

Most Westerners assume that Allah is the name used for God in Islam. Indeed it is, but Muslims are not the only ones to use it.

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Peter Riddell is Vice Principal-Academic at the Melbourne School of Theology in Australia, and a Senior Fellow of Kairos Journal.

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