I don't know a lot about Islam (I read the Quran, a Western "overview of Islam" book, and three Sufi-related books last spring), but I remember the God of Islam being omniscient. (This page, among others, confirms).
If God (Allah) is omniscient, wouldn't he experience the torment of any ECT he was causing, exactly as those undergoing it? Otherwise he wouldn't know everything. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable in Islam than I am can follow up on this and see if this leads us to thinking Allah wouldn't cause ECT, just like the God of MSLN.
Incidentally, the classical theist Christian God, held to by some (or most?) conservative, ECT-affirming Christians, would also have to be omniscient enough to suffer whatever hell he caused. Would the God of classical theist Christianity want to suffer hell for all eternity? I'm also not versed enough in classical theists' thoughts, to know what they would make of it.
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