Not the same

Reader comment on item: Is Allah God?

Submitted by Robert Branch (United States), Jun 29, 2005 at 09:31

... The Muslim god 'Allah' actually came from an Arabian tribal moon godess called 'El Allat' and the name was transmorgrofied into 'Allah'. This is why you see the symbol of the cresent moon on top of a mosque. 'Allah' and 'Jehovah' are not the same entity.

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