To Muslims especially: If Yahweh=Allah, why won't the malaysians release "Allah Bibles"?

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The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles which it seized because they contained the word Allah to refer to God.  The government, which is dominated by Muslim Malays, claims that the word Allah is Islamic and that its use in Bibles could upset Muslims.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8343626.stm

I happen agree with the notion that Christians and muslims don't worship the same deity (despite the fact that Arab Christians refer to Yahweh as Allah), but normally muslims dispute that.  So I'd be particularly interested in seeing what muslims think of this situation.

cheir · Accepted Answer

Why would Muslims want the Bible? - they regard it as corrupt.
Putting Allah in it they would regard as offensive.

Anonymous · Answer

with respect to deference in languages 
call allah what ever that language use for god
as long as he is the one and satisfies the Quran

The Unity

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: 
[112:1]
Say: ‘He is God, One.

[112:2]
God, the Self-Sufficient, Besought of all.

[112:3]
He neither begot, nor was begotten.

[112:4]
Nor is there anyone equal to Him’.

m_knobel · Answer

Jews, Christians, and Muslims are all the same god, just taught by different groups in the area.  I think the original split happen to be brothers.

Anonymous · Answer

Yahweh = God
Allah = pagan god

Anonymous · Answer

Al = the 
ilah = God

the god = Al ilah = Allah

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To Muslims especially: If Yahweh=Allah, why won't the malaysians release "Allah Bibles"?

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