Salnax said: When I hear somebody say "Allah," I don't panic because of the Arabic word or Islam. I panic because discussions about religion rarely end well unless everyone involved already respects one another. If I heard somebody talking about Jesus on a regular basis, I would be keeping an eye out for possible escape routes. Arabic writing is nice looking, I'll give you that. I prefer Hebrew characters aesthetically, but they can be a bitch with the vowels sometimes. I can't say I know much about how Arabic compares in that regard. |
As a speaker of both Arabic and Hebrew, I can tell you that if you have a problem when it comes to grammar structure/vocabulary in Hebrew, then the problem would be 20 times worse in Arabic lol. Arabic and Hebrew are very similar, but Arabic is much more complicated in almost every way.
About the "Allah" thing, a lot of times when Arabs/Muslims are frustrated they just say "Ya Allah" (Oh God). A huge number of Israeli Jews even use the term "Allah" (albeit in a somewhat derogatory manner).