{"id":666,"date":"2026-08-17T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=666"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:58:35","slug":"can-christians-refer-to-their-god-with-the-term-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"Can Christians refer to their God with the term Allah?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tablet-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tablet-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tablet-1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tablet-1-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gemini: Yes, Christians can and do refer to God using the term <strong>Allah<\/strong> (\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647), particularly millions of Arabic-speaking Christians across the Middle East, North Africa, and the global diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Linguistic Roots<\/strong> &#171;Allah&#187; is simply the Arabic word for &#171;God.&#187; It predates Islam and is derived from the Semitic root <em>\u2019-L-H<\/em>, making it linguistically cognate to the Hebrew <em>Elohim<\/em> and the Aramaic <em>Elah<\/em> (the language Jesus spoke). For Arabic speakers of any faith, <em>Allah<\/em> is the standard, neutral word for the Supreme Being. Arabic Bibles translate &#171;God&#187; as <em>Allah<\/em>, using phrases such as <em>Allah al-Ab<\/em> (&#171;God the Father&#187;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Regional Usage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Middle East &amp; North Africa:<\/strong> Coptic Christians in Egypt, Maronites in Lebanon, Melkites, Assyrians, and Palestinian Christians routinely use <em>Allah<\/em> in liturgy, prayer, and daily speech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Malaysian Context:<\/strong> Malaysia banned non-Muslims from using the word <em>Allah<\/em> in Christian publications, leading to a long-running legal battle. The Malaysian High Court ruled the ban unconstitutional in 2021, though local social and political sensitivities remain surrounding its public use outside traditional Arabic-speaking contexts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airplane.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airplane.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airplane-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baarda.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/airplane-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemini: Yes, Christians can and do refer to God using the term Allah (\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647), particularly millions of Arabic-speaking Christians across the Middle East, North Africa, and the global diaspora. Linguistic Roots &#171;Allah&#187; is simply the Arabic word for &#171;God.&#187; It predates Islam and is derived from the Semitic root \u2019-L-H, making it linguistically cognate to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=666\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#171;Can Christians refer to their God with the term Allah?&#187;<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}