it just shows you how ignorant this man is because it is not only Muslims of the Middle East who say ” Allah Akbar” but all Arabic speaking people of the region including Christians and Jews!
Palestine Archbishop Atallah Hanna:
We Christians also say Allahu Akbar. This is an expression of our understanding that the Creator is great. We don’t want this phrase to be related to terrorism and crimes. Allahu Akbar is an expression of our faith.For us, Allah is not an Islamic term. This is a word used in Arabic to indicate the Creator who has made the world we are living in. So when we say Allah in our prayers we mean the Creator of this world. In our prayers and pleas, in our Orthodox Christian religious ceremonies we use exactly this word. We say, glory be to Allah in all times. We say Allah a lot during our liturgy. It’s erroneous to think that the word Allah is only used by Muslims. We the Arab Christians say Allah in our Arabic language as a way to identify and address the Creator in our prayers.
