I refer to the letter Other Christian denominations not using 'Allah'. I wish to correct certain factual errors in the writer’s letter.

1. America's Church of the Latter Day Saints (a.k.a. the Mormons) is not another ‘Catholic denomination’ as the writer claims. The Mormons are not even considered a mainstream Christian denomination. Instead they are considered a deviant sect by many mainstream Christians.

2. The Roman Catholic church is the least protelesying church in Malaysia. It is the least active in recruiting converts. It does not look at the number of converts (Muslims or otherwise) as the main duty of a Catholic.

There are some Christian denominations that make their followers find new converts as the major responsibility of their faith. However this is not true of the Roman Catholic church.

3. The Eastern Orthodox Churches (be it Russian, Serbian, Greek etc.) also have the Trinity as a fundamental concept. All mainstream Christian churches subscribe to the trinity concept.

It is not unique to the Roman Catholic church. Even a basic google search would have informed the writer that fact:

4. The concept of Trinity does not preclude Christians from believing that there is one God. It is consistent with the belief in one God. Christianity, together with Judaism and Islam, are the three major monotheistic religions originating from a common ancestor in faith ie, the Prophet Abraham or Nabi Ibrahim as Muslims refer to him.

5. The term ‘Allah’ has been used by Coptic (Arab) Christians long before the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was born. Coptic Christians are part of the wider Roman Catholic church.

Hence it is insulting to Roman Catholics and other major Christian denominations when a later cousin in faith comes along and claims ‘Allah’ - the universal Arabic word for God - as their own.

The term ‘Allah’ is not being used as some secret Trojan horse by Christians to convert Muslims. Let us be clear about that. There is no secret conspiracy or plot to convert Muslims here.

Now, given the number of factual errors in the writer's letter, I could have easily been offended - just as many Muslims have been offended at many non-Muslim writers commenting on Islam.

The usual retort is ‘Non-Muslims should not comment on Islam as it is the reserved for only experts in Islamic faith’. Why can't ordinary people discuss their faith without feeling threatened by another?

It is clear to me that the writer is not an expert on Christianity yet he is making some statements, albeit misguided or misinformed ones on Christianity - I am not insulted by that. I take it as an opportunity to explain my faith.

I have not threatened violence or put a fatwa calling for the death of the writer of whose letter could be easily misinterpreted as a blasphemous (at worst) and misguided (at best) commentary on the Roman Catholic religion.

Instead I have calmly corrected the inaccuracies of my brother's letter. I call him brother because we share a common father-in-faith ie, Abraham. I welcome his letter as an opportunity for us to broaden our dialogue.

It is a pity that the Abrahamic faiths see each other at their worst enemies. A Christian friend on mine once commented, ‘I am not worried about trying to convert our Muslim brothers and sisters.

‘I am pretty confident they will make it to Heaven on their own as they share so much in common with us. I am more concerned about the others who have not heard of the One and True God which the three Abrahamic faiths share.’