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To: JAWs
The Arabic language must be truly amazing. It is the only one which cannot be translated clearly into English. It seems there's a lot of confusion about many religious terms in Arabic, such as whether Islam means peace, or "slaughter all the infidels".

Oddly enough, Hebrew, Greek and Latin don't seem to have this problem.

12 posted on 03/06/2002 6:24:18 PM PST by Ukiapah Heep
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To: Ukiapah Heep
Oh, Arabic can be translated into clear English all right.

But that English would be so politically incorrect, so violent and inflammatory, that it would be illegal to publish it and might tend to lower the esteem of Islam in western eyes.

41 posted on 03/07/2002 9:51:33 AM PST by crystalk
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