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To: G8 Diplomat

Dar ul-islam = the islamic part of things (as in the world)
Dar ul-harb = everything else (world of war)


5 posted on 03/29/2009 12:18:51 PM PDT by combat_boots (The answer to 1984 is 1776)
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To: combat_boots

Yeah...I’ve seen Dar al-Islam translated (incorrectly) as “house of peace”....which is both grammatically and conceptually wrong.


6 posted on 03/29/2009 12:28:41 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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