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Some years later, I went to work in the United Arab Emirates where I saw
the same strange calligraphy I had seen on the two disks all those years ago
and when I asked, I was told they read “Allah” and “Muhammad”!
I had never been exposed to either Islam or Muslims at that time and I kept
asking Muslims at work in Dubai about Islam, but the answers I got were far
from satisfactory – their real interest was in dating western girls!
The best answer I received was “Jesus is the same as Muhammad”, I had
never questioned the status of Jesus and wondered what was meant by
“Jesus is the same as Muhammad”.
I went to bookstores and libraries to see if I could find out more about Islam,
but the books were written in poor Indian/Pakistani English spoken during
the previous century. What a headache that was, they were often
incomprehensible and I remained in my ignorance.
What I did notice in Dubai, and it made a great impression on me, was that
the same strange calligraphy I had seen on the two disks all those years ago
and when I asked, I was told they read “Allah” and “Muhammad”!
I had never been exposed to either Islam or Muslims at that time and I kept
asking Muslims at work in Dubai about Islam, but the answers I got were far
from satisfactory – their real interest was in dating western girls!
The best answer I received was “Jesus is the same as Muhammad”, I had
never questioned the status of Jesus and wondered what was meant by
“Jesus is the same as Muhammad”.
I went to bookstores and libraries to see if I could find out more about Islam,
but the books were written in poor Indian/Pakistani English spoken during
the previous century. What a headache that was, they were often
incomprehensible and I remained in my ignorance.
What I did notice in Dubai, and it made a great impression on me, was that