In high school (North Carolina, circa 1977) a teacher tried to tell us that Muslims worship a different God from Christians, because they call their God Allah.
I raised my hand and said "I'm an Arab Christian. My relatives are all Catholics. They call God Allah. Allah means God in Arabic."
She was extremely offended, told me I was wrong, and shut me up for the rest of class. I was only 15, too scared to argue further. I did go home to tell my Dad, who called the principal.
Oddly enough, the teacher was a Greek-American who attended a local Orthodox church which my Lebanese relatives used to visit once they immigrated. Our Lebanese church is this funny Orthodox-Catholic blend. So maybe some of my aunties prayed next to this lady at some point. Even though Allah is the name of our God in Arabic.
LOVE it. Made my day. Jazak Allah khair! :))
Posted by: Ludovic Navarre | Sep 28, 2004 at 02:21
"I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”
OMG....what a moron. Thanks for the laugh today though. :-)
Posted by: sister soljah | Sep 28, 2004 at 10:51
In high school (North Carolina, circa 1977) a teacher tried to tell us that Muslims worship a different God from Christians, because they call their God Allah.
I raised my hand and said "I'm an Arab Christian. My relatives are all Catholics. They call God Allah. Allah means God in Arabic."
She was extremely offended, told me I was wrong, and shut me up for the rest of class. I was only 15, too scared to argue further. I did go home to tell my Dad, who called the principal.
Oddly enough, the teacher was a Greek-American who attended a local Orthodox church which my Lebanese relatives used to visit once they immigrated. Our Lebanese church is this funny Orthodox-Catholic blend. So maybe some of my aunties prayed next to this lady at some point. Even though Allah is the name of our God in Arabic.
Posted by: Leila | Sep 29, 2004 at 00:57