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RE: LONDON JUNE 3RD 2017 – THE EIGHT MINUTE DECEPTION – A MATHEMATICAL IMPOSSIBILITY - Part 1

in #terror • 7 years ago

I would be very happy to share this article but with respect to people of Islamic or Muslim background I respectfully request that Muslim be spelled correctly. I did note the ? mark but several of my FB friends are Arabic and I have some family living in the Middle East. I am indigenous American and mixed white European, have taught kindergarten in a private school in the Middle East and have teacher contacts including some missionary friends who also may wish to re-share. Kind regards

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    Hello @sojmed44,

    thank you for your reply. Your concern is noted and your respect for your Arabic friends appreciated. Please let me explain the reasoning for the use of this linguistic nuance.

    Either spelling is valid according to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Religious Studies Program, University of Wyoming.

    Excerpt from historynewsnetwork.org

    According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies,"Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means"one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means"one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.

    Reasoning

    1. the Arabic root of MO versus MU

    2. The validity of MOSLEM maintained by Islamic organizations.

    (1) The spelling here purposefully differentiates doing evil, vs. adhering to Islam. Would your Muslim friends NOT want to distance themselves from Islamists sypmathizing with terrorist?

    (2) Why would certain Islamic organizations, such as American Moslem Foundation and The Moslem World retain the MO root, when it indicates evil doing? Would, no, SHOULD this not be an excellent way for non violent adherents to Islam to distance themselves from those elements within their group that use their belief system to justify acts of terror yet chose to retain their spelling MOSLEM?

    Food for thought?

    gc

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     7 years ago (edited)

    Thank you for this very good explanation and your work.

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     7 years ago (edited)

    Thank you for reading and upvoting!

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