Massachusetts school textbook: "There Is No God But Allah"

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So they think learning about religions is offensive because its not their own beliefs?

Thats religious people for ya.

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i wonder how muslims in the middle east react when they have to read the nicene creed in class.

I doubt they would teach the Nicene creed. But it would be appropriate to say something like "Christians believe that Jesus Christ died and was resurrected to redeem mankind from sin." It's just a factual description of what some people believe, not an endorsement of those beliefs.

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I doubt they would teach the Nicene creed. But it would be appropriate to say something like "Christians believe that Jesus Christ died and was resurrected to redeem mankind from sin." It's just a factual description of what some people believe, not an endorsement of those beliefs.

 

 

Yep, and they already know that from the Qur'an.

 

 

 

 

One local parent, Anthony Giannino, is upset about the textbook’s treatment of the Muslim religion.

“No religion should be taught in school,†Giannino told WHDH. “It says Allah is their only God. That’s insulting to me as a Christian who believes in just Jesus only.â€

“We don’t believe in Allah. I don’t believe in my son learning about this here,†Giannino added. “If my son was from another country and came here, he would have been catered to.â€

 

Also someone should inform Anthony Giannino that Allah is the same God of Christians and Jews, it literally means THE God, and it's in Arabic Bible as well. Also Jesus spoke Aramaic (not English) and called God - Alaha/Elaha - it has the same root.

 

 

The term AllÄh is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- "the" and ilÄh "deity, god" to al-lÄh meaning "the [sole] deity, God" (á½ ÃŽ¸ÃŽµÃ¡½¸Ã‚ ÃŽ¼ÃÅ’ÃŽ½ÃŽ¿Ã‚, ho theos monos). Cognates of the name "AllÄh" exist in other Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew mostly uses the plural form (but functional singular) Elohim. The corresponding Aramaic form is ʼÄâ€lÄhÄ ÜܠÜ—Ü in Biblical Aramaic and ʼAlâhâ ÜܲÜ ÃœµÃœâ€”ÃœµÃœ in Syriac as used by the Assyrian Church, both meaning simply 'God'.