Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?

http://historynewsnetwork.org/ ^ | 7-8-02 | Yii-Ann Christine Chen

[disndat]

Wake UP! Do people know that they have been brainwashed? BY ISLAM????

[rickmichaels]

Mooslime.

[stylin19a]

When I was growing up it was Mohammedans

[353FMG]

Mooselim=moslem=muslim=muzzie.

[disndat]

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.

Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups.

This article is 14 years old.

[NorthMountain]

I call ‘em mohammedans ...

[Williams]

Well I think Muslim sounds uglier so use it.

Islam is a ridiculous destructive religion and Western countries encouraging it’s penetration is leftist treason.

[Rome2000]

MOSLEMS OUT!!!!!

[TexasTransplant]

Mozlem it is

[cherry]

Moslem....Moslem...Moslem....

[Bullish]

There’s a lot of different names for manure.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I really don’t care how it is pronounced...it is the end of civilization regardless.

[Williams]

Mozlem seems more appropriate by definition.

[Fiddlstix]

Me too

[Talisker]

But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam.

What a surprise...

[disndat]

Islam isn’t a religion.

[Stevenc131]

Times change and terms change. A Muslim/Moslem was called a Mussulman at one time. I kind of like the old terminology and may start using it.

[yarddog]

Growing up in the 50s and 60s I never saw or heard it as anything other than Moslem.

The first time I ever saw Muslim was with Black Muslim.

We also knew the religion as Mohammadism. BTW, my spell checker just changed the word to Muhammadanism.

[Da Coyote]

Asshats will do.

[UCANSEE2]

Because those are two different things.

Moslems live in the Middle East.

Muslims live in the US (US is in Muslim)