I heard from my friend about this game which is not really postive. So.... does this game really using some religion aspect that kinda misleading from that religion itself?
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Muslim are what the people who follow or practice islam are called. Other games that I know using arabian as a theme throw out sensitive religion aspect. I've seen the screenshot of the game using the words like "Allah or jannah" so casually which is really disturbing for me. The islam itself forbid slavery, free sex and lgbtq.
It's not like I againts this kind of game but when it is mixed with real religion I feel an obligation to speak up.
"God" is general term it can refer to any god. and "oh, my god" has become a normal words people use in their daily lifes. But how often did you heard people call their God as "Allah" expect from people who follow samawi religion?
I hope you can change them somehow {but I think that's too late) or not doing the same mistake in the future.
"Allah" is not exclusive to Islam whatsoever. "Allah" literally means "God" and has literally the exact same function as "god" has in English. Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use the word "Allah" to refer to the Judeo-Christian god of the Torah and Bible, and Arabic translations of the Bible use the word "Allah." Arabic-speaking Sikhs and polytheists use "allah" to refer to their gods as well. It also predates the Muslim religion by hundreds if not thousands of years. Muhammad's own father's name was Abdullah, or Abd-Allah, meaning "servant of god," and obviously he was named before his son was born.
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but "allah" is not a word that belongs to Islam any more than "god" belongs to Christianity. Being offended by the use of the word "allah" in this case is the same as when Christians get offended by someone saying "Oh my god."
Hello, I know this conversation is half a year old, but I wanted to let you know that in Arabic, many people besides Muslims use the word "allah" as a general term for "god," regardless of which god it is.
Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews all use the word "allah" for their god, and some Sikhs and nondenominational/polytheists use the word "allah" as well.
You were correct in your assumption that it has basically the same function as the English word "god," and I'm unsure why some here are claiming otherwise.
Thank you! I've heard my Muslims friends use the word many times, and in Spanish we have some idioms with it, legacy of our Arabian era (like "ojalá" for "I wish"). That's why I didn't think people would find it offensive. But it obviously depends on the country or social customs.
Anyway, apart from that and a small reference to praying time during the day, there aren't any religious comments in the game. It would feel strange to have a story set in Middle Ages without any religious background, that's all.
Ah yes I learned it in islamic histories. though all of that slavery were happen when islam still in process of development (The Prophet Mohammed still spreading his words and fighting againts kafir quraisy) in the end of the day the prophet freeing all of them. The Qur’an does not explicitly condemn slavery or attempt to abolish it. Nonetheless, it does provide a number of regulations designed to ameliorate the situation of slaves. It recommends freeing slaves, especially “believing” slaves. And that is because as I said above, the verse was when islam still in development. But nonetheless the slavery was still continouing during war period till it was abolished and being forbid in the modern day. Well not every people loyal to their own religion.
I suggest if you really want to research about it ask an ulama or someone more knowing in this. You sure are trying to find a fault in my words or statement which makes my head hurt just to defend my own religion to not being misused :(