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To: Rummyfan

As I have often observed, the root of semitic words are the consonants: salam (peace) and islam (submission) have the same root, slm. The “Islam is a religion of peace” and “Islam means peace” are not lies to a Muslim but rather betray what from the perspective of a Christian, Jew or Western secularist is the severely defective conception of peace held by Muslims: there is no analogue of “the peace of God which passes all understanding” in Islam; there are no negotiated peaces in worldly affairs, only “hudnat”, pauses in warfare; the only peace Islam understands is the peace between the conqueror and the conquered, between master and slave — to the Muslim peace always involves submission.

Thus a Muslim can assert either “Islam is a religion of peace” and “Islam means peace” in good conscience, and is only being deceptive if he or she says this to hearers whom the speaker knows will misinterpret the statement because they hold a non-Islamic understanding of peace. Muslims being remarkably resistant to understanding non-Muslim points of view, it is unclear how often these things are actually said as deliberate deceptions. I suspect less often than most FReepers think is the case.


10 posted on 02/04/2016 5:14:52 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: The_Reader_David

One is reminded of the Russian “mir,” which means both “peace” and “fortified city.”


11 posted on 02/04/2016 5:45:21 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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To: The_Reader_David

You are correct but the intricacies don’t really matter ,, it’s going to be “us or them” in the end.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 6:18:33 AM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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