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Anonymous asked: Hello. While I am not Muslim (technically I'm a theist) the use of the word Allah irks me. Perhaps it is just the cultural difference but I simply cannot replace the term God with Allah. It seems stupid and superficial yet I still cannot bring myself to think in such terms. It almost feels like replacing "God" with "Zeus" or "Kami". Anyway my point is that wouldn't it be helpful to translate Allah to God at least in American Islamic texts? Is there a rule against translating as such?

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Firstly can I say that Allah means ‘God’ or ‘the God’ in Arabic, and it is not a word exclusive to Muslims. If you were to speak to any...

Anonymous asked: Salaam bro, I met someone through an Islamic Society, a friend of a friend & we learned about each other through close friends of ours & meeting a few times in the presence of others. We both like each other &would like to get married so we involved our siblings & parents, but our parents aren't cool with this because we're from different races. Our parents reasons is that it will be difficult to talk to the families and understand each other due to different cultures etc. What should we do? ty

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,

As Muslims we all have the same rights and duties, we are all striving to guard our chastity by...

Anonymous asked: Salam aleikum, I am wondering, why are you a sunni muslim if Islam told us not to split up in sects? "Verily those who split up their religion and became sects, you have absolutely nothing to do with them." [Holy Qur'an 6:159] Thank you in advance

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,

I mentioned it because someone else had asked me if I was a shia or a sunni. Normally when someone...