veiled4allah: are you a 'Muslim-speaking' individual? veiled4allah: are you a 'Muslim-speaking' individual?Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, another Yale alum, is often regarded as the brightest of this season's crop. Not only is he smart, he is inclusive. Appearing on CNN's Late Edition last weekend, he called on the President to bring in more international troops to help in the military occupation of Iraq, "particularly Muslim-speaking and Arab-speaking Muslim troops." Kerry thus became the first among the presidential contenders to call specifically for Muslim-speaking troops, showing a keen sense of discernment. Unlike most people in the world, who view Islam as merely a spiritual path, Kerry understands the linguistic implications of the faith.
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I speak Muslim: Allah! Koran!See! I'm fluent!
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I love Muslim Wake Up's dry sense of humor.Subject: Re: are you a \
on the note of double wovels. though i believe it should strictly be used in transliteration purposes (for quran ayah for example and not general words)but you know the chinese have developed pinyin input system so they can type in chinese using an english keyboard,, or learn english quickly..
so its not bad idea to have a standard for arabic transliteration given each symbol some exact meaning,, but until that standard is a standard,,, its all useless..
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I think that it would be a blessing to the U.S. forces to have some soldiers who actually *understand* Islam and who can speak with the Iraqi people using terms of their faith, rather than people who know nothing about Islam or who only know what idiots like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell teach.
One of the things I tell people when they ask me why in the world a Lutheran seminarian would *want* to study Islam is that if I'm going to be *ANYWHERE* with a Muslim population, it would behoove me greatly to be able to talk to people and to understand what they're talking about. If nothing else, it gets some dialogue going.
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Can there be Muslim English? was very good. The advice to avoid unusual vowel or consonant combinations was spot on, I just wish I'd read it sooner. I named my first child Muhammad Ridhwan, with the DH to indicate "dhod". I really regret it. Ridwan looks much cleaner, and an American is less likely to mangle it. A muslim ought to recognize the name and pronounce it right however it is spelled. ::sigh:: Next time around we went with Salihah - nothing special for the "Sod". Much better, in my humble opinion.One small disagreement I had with the article was the occassional use of O and E, as in Mohammad. I think any arabic word can be rendered perfectly well with just A, I, and U for vowels. Jest mi ahpinyon...
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I agree with you about liking to use only A, I, and U. But I suppose its a matter of personal preference and taste.