Difference between Muslum and Islamic?

July 28, 2005 | self / vanity

[The Other Harry]

Confessing my ignorance here...

What is the difference between being a Muslum and being Islamic?

I tend to use the terms interchangeably, but I think I am wrong.

If anyone knows of a good book about all this, I would appreciate the referral.

[freebilly]

Muslum refers to the material they make curtains from. Islamic people wear this material and call it "burka".

Thanks for letting me clear up the confusion....

[freebilly]

Am I now on someone's death list...?

[highlander_UW]

Islam is the religion, muslim is an adherent to the religion. To imply that there is a difference, the MSM has been referring to terrorists as Islamist extremists (or a variation thereof), which is to suggest that the terrorists are not typical adherents of Islam. The root is the same, the quran, the haddith and the sunnah.

[spycatcher]

It's about as different as lesbian and lesbonic.

[Petronski]

But the question is, what's the difference between the adjective muslim and the adjective islamic.

I don't know the answer.

[dinasour]

Also the term "Islamist" is used to describe the extremist sects such as the Wahabbi.

Most of the suicide bombers are Islamists.

As opposed to the ordinary, run of the mill, moderate Muslims who prefer remote controlled detonators

[USF]

Muslim... one who is supposed to practice the ways of the evil death cult called "islam." The former term includes many unfortunate people who the death cults claims (reportedy 1.2 billion) who are born in Islumic countries and are held captive to the evil Mohammedan cult of Islam like slaves, and threatened with loss of status, and/or death if they dare to leave. Females are forced to wear islamic slave rags to show that they are property of the cult.

Good books to read:

Ibn Warraq's "Why I am not a Mulsim" and also Warraq's "Leaving Islam"

THE AGENDA OF ISLAM - A WAR BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS

[USF]

"Islamist" = The self declared "true believers" who practice true islam, in its pure unadulterated form as preached and practiced by MohamMAD himself. Can include any Salafi influenced Koranimal.

See: The Danger of Bidah (Innovation)

[highlander_UW]

But the question is, what's the difference between the adjective muslim and the adjective islamic

I would say that "muslim" refers to a person, "islamic" refers to something pertaining to Islam. An example would be "islamic" doctrine, or "islamic" thought. A muslim would follow islamic doctrine.

[Petronski]

A muslim person would follow islamic law. But would it be less accurate to say a muslim person would follow muslim law? Or perhaps just less elegant?

I don't know, nor frankly am I all that concerned with getting it right. But it is intellectually interesting.

[highlander_UW]

A muslim person would follow islamic law. But would it be less accurate to say a muslim person would follow muslim law? Or perhaps just less elegant?

I'm not a specialist in grammar, but my understanding is that the first would be correct, a muslim would follow islamic law. The source of the "law" would be Islam, not the muslim himself...so to say muslim law would be inaccurate. (although most would understand the intended meaning).

[Asphalt]

none. other than the spelling. Moslem, Islamic, Muslim all the same thing

[Asphalt]

The latter.

[Asphalt]

A muslim or moslem is a follower of islam. Islamic means a follower of Islam. One and the same

yes, yes, someone will give me the dictionary deffinitions to prove they aren't identical, but they are interchangeable.

[bk1000]

"What is the difference between being a Muslum and being Islamic?"

An Islamist wants to kill you, a muslim merely wants you dead.