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Old 12-22-2016, 12:52 AM
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Sorry, I must respectfully disagree. Moloch and the rest were old Sumerian and Babylonian gods.

"Allah" is just the Arabic word for "God"

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all worship the same God, but with different interpretations:

I'm paraphrasing and simplifying, but some of the key differences are:

The Jewish faith holds to the Old Testament, does not have a Hell, and does not believe in or acknowledge the existence or divinity of Jesus Christ.

The Christian faith holds the Old and the New Testament, with more emphasis on the New. Christianity does have a Hell, and is rooted in the belief in and divinity of Jesus Christ.

Islam is almost a mix of the two. There is more of the vengeful "Old Testament" God rather then the more forgiving "New Testament" God. Muslims acknowledge Jesus Christ and his birth to , but not as the son of God, but one of the great prophets of God, second only to Mohamed. Islam has a Hell.

None of the above is intended to even try to explain or justify Islamic extremism. Having spent a fair amount of time over there, I do know that many see themselves as in descending order of importance:

1. Muslims,
2. Sect (Shi'ite or Sunni)
3. Arabs,
4. Tribe
5. Citizen of "country".

IMO, this is why you will see Muslims from "friendly" countries suddenly blowing up buildings in protest of actions taken against an "unfriendly" country. Where the west sees it as a "war against country x", many Muslim Arabs see it as "war against Islam".

Couple that view with some extremist religious figures and you have bombs going off everywhere.

I would like to point out that the differences between all three religions, again, keeping in mind that all three hold belief in the same God, has been used as justification for a whole lot of killing by all sides over the years.
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The God I worship does not condone killing Christians and Non Muslims!
I don't care who "Allah" really is to the Muslims. If Their "Allah" tells them to kill us, I reject him.
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