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Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?
History News Network - George Mason University ^ | 1-21-02 | Yii-Ann Christine Chen

Posted on 09/13/2010 1:34:04 PM PDT by paterfamilias

Is it Muslim or Moslem?

When Baby Boomers were children it was Moslem. The American Heritage Dictionary (1992) noted, "Moslem is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam." No more. Now, almost everybody uses Muslim.

According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means "one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means "one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.

For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.

Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World--published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut--is still The Moslem World.

(References at link)


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: islam; mohammedans; moslem; muslim; muzzies
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To: James C. Bennett

” Don’t forget: New Amsterdam is now New York.

:^)

Perhaps this is more accurate: “ Don’t forget: New Amsterdam is now The Big Sh*tty.”

:^)


141 posted on 09/14/2010 11:22:12 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: B4Ranch

Pronouncing and typing the word are two different issues.

Still consider the latter applies to them all until proven otherwise.


142 posted on 09/14/2010 11:28:01 AM PDT by SouthTexas
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To: SouthTexas

Funnel clouds in Corpus I hear ??


143 posted on 09/14/2010 4:10:18 PM PDT by WestCoastGal
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To: WestCoastGal

That’s what they said on the news, I was in Victoria all day. Got about three inches of rain in about an hour.

San Antonio river was up about 10’ from this morning to this evening.


144 posted on 09/14/2010 9:00:11 PM PDT by SouthTexas
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To: WestCoastGal

We have them at home today.


145 posted on 09/15/2010 10:03:20 AM PDT by SouthTexas
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To: GladesGuru

LOL!


146 posted on 09/15/2010 8:49:09 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: paterfamilias

Isn’t the ultimate correct pronunciation “moose limb” now?


150 posted on 06/15/2014 5:47:18 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: Alter Kaker

When did Qatar become Cutter?


152 posted on 02/03/2015 12:18:03 PM PST by privatedrive
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To: Hoosier-Daddy; thesligoduffyflynns; LibWhacker; Truth29; ifinnegan; left that other site; ...

This may be interesting for you


153 posted on 03/28/2016 11:54:55 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Cronos

At least the name is out of the whole cloth, at least for people who don’t spell that well. /rimshot


154 posted on 03/29/2016 1:06:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: privatedrive

Just before it became Gutter. :-)


155 posted on 03/29/2016 3:27:06 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Cronos; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Cronos.

156 posted on 03/29/2016 10:54:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: paterfamilias

My two cents:

I don’t care what they call themselves or what the various spellings or names mean to them.

Any version, any spelling, any tag associated with islam and/or arabs all means the same thing to me.

Degenerate, murderous, insane savages.
Nothing more.


157 posted on 03/29/2016 11:21:38 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: paterfamilias; HangUpNow
By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means "one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.

Ok, from now on I'll try to remember to use the accurate term 'Moslems' when talking about Muzzies.

158 posted on 06/27/2016 10:32:18 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
Ok, from now on I'll try to remember to use the accurate term 'Moslems' when talking about Muzzies.

Yes. Let's respect the Death Cultist properly. It's not as though they are actually "evil and unjust". /taqiyya

159 posted on 06/28/2016 7:21:35 AM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: HangUpNow

Moslem. Got it.


160 posted on 06/28/2016 2:21:06 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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