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As a pagan minister and armchair religious historian, I wanted to address the whole "Allah" vs "Al Lah" argument. "Allah" is the correct Arabic name for "God". "Allah", in fact, was the name of the cheif pagan deity worshipped in Mecca when Mohammed came along and introduced Islam - similar to the way the Christians replaced Mithras with Jesus a few centuries earlier. Interestingly, Islam was, at its inception, a much more tolerant religion, more so than Christianity. A Jewish or Christian person could live in Mecca, operate a business, etc., and be treated fairly. Like most monotheistic religions, however, Islam soon left tolerance behind. On an unrelated side note, we also have the Arabs to thank for the invention of the number zero, as well as our whole numeric system. And if you think that's nothing special, try doing multiplication or division with Roman numerals.
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