Wednesday, August 15, 2007  Forget About "Hitler's Pope" Meet
"mohammed's bishop"  Pray to Allah, Dutch bishop suggests
Amsterdam, Aug. 14, 2007 ( - A Dutch Catholic bishop has
suggested that Christians should refer to God as "Allah" to
promote better relations with Muslims. Bishop Martinus "Tiny"
Muskens of Breda told the "Network" television show that "God
doesn't really care how we address Him." (Gee, then why not let
the Greeks refer to The Almighty as Zeus; the Italians, Jupiter;
the Scandinavians, Odin; the Micronesians, Lowa, etc?)  Pointing
out that "Allah" is a term already used by Christians who speak
Arabic, Bishop Muskens said that humans are needlessly divided
over such terminology. God, the bishop said, is above such
"bickering." The Dutch bishop admitted that his suggestion was
not likely to gain widespread acceptance. But he predicted that
within a century or two, Dutch Catholics would be addressing
prayers to "Allah." (Forget about "a century or two". At the
rate moslems are taking over Holla