Posted on 10/31/2002 6:46:36 AM PST by SJackson
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:40:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
At the same time Egypt is opening a new Library of Alexandria. Totally modern, world-class. It is expected to be a leader in the world, especially for electronic publications.
Hey, I didn't know that!
I thought it would have been the equivalent of calling someone a Lutheran, Calvinist, or Wesleyan. Now that I know, I will use the term more regularly, along with "infidel" (a personal favourite) and "Saracen dog".
With declining publications and a new library do you think their going to be covering influential Western publications like MAXXIM?
LOL! Have you ever watched the Woody Allen movie, "What's up Tiger Lily"? It'll give the term new meaning. The movie is funny as hell anyway.
It used to be "Musslemen". Say about the time when Thomas Jefferson, with some help from the US Navy, The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) and Stephen Decater in particular, kicked that part of them most exposed when they pray towards Mecca. All the old documents from that era refer to them as "Musslemen". "Mohammadan" was also used, as recently as the middle years of the 20th century.
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