In Allah We Trust

[ZiprHead]

The Arabic signs weren't about Islam. They were about showing a problem with the law.

I do not agree with the law. However to say that the choice of Arabic as the language to make those signs in has nothing to do with Islam is not credible in the least.

The point was to show the bias, that it was about a specific god.

Allah simply means "god" and Muslims worship the same god Christians do.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The Arabic signs weren't about Islam. They were about showing a problem with the law.

I do not agree with the law. However to say that the choice of Arabic as the language to make those signs in has nothing to do with Islam is not credible in the least.

The point was to show the bias, that it was about a specific god.

Allah simply means "god" and Muslims worship the same god Christians do.

Yeah, but how many of the MAGA crowd realize that?

 

[Elixir]

The point was to show the bias, that it was about a specific god.

Allah simply means "god" and Muslims worship the same god Christians do.

Yeah, but how many of the MAGA crowd realize that?

Just to be safe, the law should only permit generic references to gods, e.g. "I offer myself, my devotion and my faith to an unspecified supernatural entity..." or "together we pray, and give our thanks to an unspecified supernatural entity".

All I can say is "Jesus Christ people are stupid!"

 

[Derec]

Just to be safe, the law should only permit generic references to gods, e.g. "I offer myself, my devotion and my faith to an unspecified supernatural entity..." or "together we pray, and give our thanks to an unspecified supernatural entity".

It's like that joke that prayers of Unitarian Universalists are addressed "to whom it may concern".

 

[Derec]

Allah simply means "god"

Given the prominence Arabic language has in Islam, it is disingenuous to keep insisting the sign had nothing to do with invoking Islam.
Or that when "Allah" is used the Islamic god is not meant 99% of the time at least.

and Muslims worship the same god Christians do.

BS. Both are fictional characters of course, and they are different. For one, Christian god is triune, while Allah is unitary. And while Mohammed borrowed from Judaism and Christianity to create the character of Allah, he also borrowed from Arabic pagan religions.
You could say that Allah is a composite character.

 

[Derec]

I know this is difficult for you, but you should focus more on expanding this and talking about it, rather than micro-outrage about Queers for Palestine, i.e. not the topic.

It was not a micro-outrage, it was an example of a similar kind of BS.

but moreover, Arabic writing wasn't the only sign going on...there was also one with a rainbow background that was denied.

But you made it a point to reference Allah in your OP title. Not rainbows. Not any generic god. And when you used "Allah" in an otherwise English phrase (like your OP title), that implies Islamic god, not simply "'allah' means 'god' in Arabic".

The thing in common is that the purpose of the new sign law in Texas is advocacy and promotion of the conservative tribe and its morality--to include its flavor of religion, morality, ethnicity.

I think there can be better ways to address it than to push Islam on people.

Most likely nothing at all will break or change positively since the Christian tribe already controls the courts, the legislature, and the executive branch.

You may take solace in the fact that by 2060 or so (unless migration patterns change) the tribe you like more, to wit the Islamic tribe, will probably control the courts, the legislatures and the executive branches in many parts of Western Europe.

 

[scombrid]

The Arabic signs weren't about Islam. They were about showing a problem with the law.

I do not agree with the law. However to say that the choice of Arabic as the language to make those signs in has nothing to do with Islam is not credible in the least.

It worked as intended. It made christianists tip their hand.