Posted on 08/05/2016 8:05:39 PM PDT by disndat
Is it Muslim or Moslem?
When Baby Boomers were children it was Moslem. The American Heritage Dictionary (1992) noted,"Moslem is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam." No more. Now, almost everybody uses Muslim.
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.
For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.
Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World--published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut--is still The Moslem World.
Sources
Center for Nonproliferation Studies Religious Studies Program, University of Wyoming - See more at: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/524#sthash.BFbbwDCa.dpuf
Thanks for that information.
I say moslem because I heard they don’t like it, and I refuse to capitalize the m.
Yes as well, because the postal romanization was a derivative of Wade-Giles (although usual WG is “Pei-ching” for that city).
Muslim....Moslem
Moslem......Muslim
Let’s call the whole thing off.
Regarding your tagline, was that checked taggage or carry-on taggage?
so from now on, MOSLEM it is!
I go with muzzie.
Mohammedan
+1
I’ve wondered about that. Fascinating. Thanks for posting the explanation. Would never have known that.
Mozlem - evil and unjust
Muslim - give oneself to God
You win internets before there was internets!
To the Arabs, it always was “Muslim” because there is no “O” sound in Arabic. Which is why, outside of the US, it more often was styled Usama bin Laden, UBL. And why, in the US, we should be styling it Barak Hussein Ubama.
they are actually Mohammedans. as they cult/worship Mohamed.
No, it would be give oneself to allah, not the God of the Old Testament, which predates islam by several millennia.
*THEY* CONSIDER ‘Mohammedans” to be insulting and demeaning, as it means followers of a mere man (piss be upon him). So I use it every chance.
Muzlin Wrapped Wokie ,
Yeah,that’s the Ticket !
No “O” in arabic. Just an uh uh uh.
I just hope that once the “responsibilities” of being “president” are gone, Bathhouse Barry will start up with the cigarettes, coke, and bathhouses, and go the way of Bill Clinton quickly.
You say potato I say izlamic terrorist.
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