:: DOES ISLAM MEAN PEACE? "Salaam" is "peace" in Arabic. "Islam" means something entirely different. According to the "Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic", the dictionary of choice for the Arabic Studies Department at several well-known universities, Islam is defined as "submission, resignation." Other forms of the word, "taslim" and "istislam," mean "handing over, submission, surrender, capitulation, unreckoning approval, resignation."
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