[pyx]

He says allah akbar does not mean god is great. It means Our god is greater.

If you can find some reasonably good quality source to back this up, it would be a a fantastic find. In other words, if you could find the etimological basis for proving that, allah akbar doesn't mean what the general public has been lead to believe it means, that would be pretty awesome, in my opinion.

[TASMANIANRED]

I have been racking my brain and it hasn't come yet.

After I listened to Medved. I wrote down the websight and visited it, it has been a little while back. The guy has written at least 1 book, I think he is a college teacher at University in Israel.

The calls are coming in fast and furious tonight so I haven't had a moment to root through my word associations that help me find names in my memory. I will come up with it though..

[Graymatter]

Allahu akbar means God is great. Allahu means God. Akbar is a form of the adjective great and is used for an emphatic. You can say it's "great," "greater," or "very great." But there's no "our" in the phrase and it isn't meant to compare one god with another. In Allahu akbar, akbar doesn't mean "greater" than another.

[watchin]

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Allahu akbar
Other Commonly Used Spellings: ALLAHOO AKBAR,ALLAHU AKBER,ALLAHOO AKBER,ALLAH AKBAR
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This statement is said by Muslims numerous times. During the call for prayer, during prayer, when they are happy, and wish to express their approval of what they hear, when they slaughter an animal, and when they want to praise a speaker, Muslims do say this expression of Allahu Akbar. Actually it is most said expression in the world. Its meaning: "Allah is the Greatest." Muslims praise Allah in every aspect of life; and as such they say Allahu Akbar.

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(Allah is the Greatest)

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[watchin]

A couple of terrorist muslim sites translating the phrase as "god is greatest" ...

While the "our" isn't there, it could certainly be understood. The history of islam - erecting mosques on the very site of Hindu temples, the Jewish temple, and Christian churches - would confirm that it is the terrorist muslim perspective.