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RE: LONDON JUNE 3RD 2017 – THE EIGHT MINUTE DECEPTION – A MATHEMATICAL IMPOSSIBILITY - Part 1
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
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
Reasoning
the Arabic root of MO versus MU
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
Thank you for this very good explanation and your work.
Thank you for reading and upvoting!