The tragedy of Islam
The internet is full of claims and theories about Islam many of these are not the truth and come from a misunderstanding. One claim that has appeared quite a bit in social media is a statement that says, “Allah is not God.” The name Allah means God and is simply the Arabic pronunciation of the Hebrew word Eli which is the word for God; it is the most used word for God in the original Hebrew Bible. In fact it is the word used by Jesus when he was dying on the cross, “ Eli Eli Lama Sabachth ani?” (My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me?). This plea is a direct quote from Psalm 22:1 which would have been well known by Jesus and his disciples. Islam was introduced amongst the descendants of Ishmael who were predominantly Druze, as was Jethro, the Father in Law of Moses. The Druze were friends and brothers to the descendants of Isaac and his son Israel, the Hebrews, who became the Jews once they settled in Judea. The tragedy of Islam is that Muhammad introduced a philosophy that