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To: Doctor Raoul
 

Mujahideen (مجاهدين; also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc.) is a plural form of mujahid (مجاهد), which literally translates from Arabic as "struggler", someone who engages in jihad, or "struggle", but is often translated as "holy warrior". In the late twentieth century, the term "mujahideen" became popular in the media to describe various armed fighters who subscribe to Islamic ideologies, although there is not always an explicit "holy" or "warrior" meaning within the word.

 

Does "Pajamahadeen" sound like a derivative word you want to label yourself with?

76 posted on 12/11/2004 11:22:39 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (“I know a greag deal about the Middle East because I’ve been raising Arabian horses" Patrick Swazey)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
Ever hear of "parody," "sarcasm," and "irony."

Main Entry: 1par·o·dy 1 : a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for COMIC EFFECT OR IN RIDICULE 2 : a feeble or ridiculous imitation

Main Entry: sar·casm 1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain 2 a : a mode of SATIRICAL WIT DEPENDING FOR ITS EFFECT ON BITTER, CAUSTIC, AND OFTEN IRONIC LANGUAGE USUALLY DIRECTED AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL b : the use or language of sarcasm

Main Entry: iro·ny 1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony 2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : A USUALLY HUMOROUS OR SARDONIC LITERARY STYLE OR FORM CHARACTERIZED BY IRONY c : an ironic expression or utterance
86 posted on 12/12/2004 6:46:22 AM PST by Gunrunner2
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To: Psycho_Bunny
Does "Pajamahadeen" sound like a derivative word you want to label yourself with?

It was a member of the media that coined the phrase and I don't think it was all in jest, so like the liberal victim groups that adopt the slurs against them, I decided to use it.

Say it loud, say it proud, I'm a Pajamahadeen!!!

92 posted on 12/12/2004 2:39:28 PM PST by Doctor Raoul ( ----- HERTZ: We're #1 ----- AVIS: We're #2 We Try Harder ----- CBS: We're #3 We LIE Harder)
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