muslim, mohammedan, mussie, moslem? Here is some clarification

This from a friend of mine on Facebook. I have had numerous discussions about which word is best to use when talking writing about muslims, moslems, mohammedans, mohammadans, mussies, the list goes on and on about this subject. I got her permission to re-post this. You can also find another article on this at Sam Hindu's excellent site which I have here below after Pamela's.

As for me? I am not sure which I will use and it may just depend on what I am writing about or perhaps what mood I am in at that particular time. Now that is a real scary thought.

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MUSLIM VS MOSLEM VS MOHAMMEDAN.....I think I will use MOSLEM from now on out....
By Pamela Kafir Liner

So why do some people say Muslim and others like myself say Moslem. Well originally up until around 1992 Moslem was the word of choice for journalists and the the public. Muslim was preferred by scholars and the like Then almost overnight everyone starts to use the word Muslim. Why?


The cult followers of Mohammed objected to the term Moslem and the weak journalists and the like switched to Muslim under pressure from Islamic groups.


Moslem and Muslim are two different spellings for the same word. But to the super sensibilities of the Moslem's the two words are very different during pronunciation.


Muslim in Arabic means "one who gives himself to God" and by therefore is by definition someone who adheres to Islam.


But Moslem in Arabic means "one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced in English as Mozlem.


I will use the word with the truest meaning from now on out.......MOSLEM


Now the other interesting thing about the Moslems is they used to be called Mohammedans. (‘Muhammadians’) are members of sects regarded as heretical by mainstream Islam.Many Muslims have objected to the term Mohammaden saying that the term was not used by Muhammad himself or his earlier followers, and that the religion teaches worshiping Allah and not Muhammad.Muslims state that "Mohammedan" is a misnomer. Although other religions have been named after their founder, such as Christianity after Christ and Buddhism after Buddha, Muslims believe that the name of Allah's guidance for everyone was revealed by all the prophets, the last of whom was Muhammad.


Many people today use Mohammaden but it is too long to spell and has many different spellings Muhammadan, Mahommedan, Mahomedan or Mahometan so I use Moslem it seems to make the Arabic speaking moslems very angry also.


Using Mohammaden is widely used, but Moslem carries more weight. If the Moslems harass you and tell you that you spelled it wrong I tell them to look it up in Arabic and they tend to leave me alone! Moslem Converts have no clue what Moslem means and it is a joy of mine to tell them I am not a red neck, I know more about Islam than they probably do..and I tell them to look Moslem up in Arabic!

Hat tip to Pamela for letting me 'steal' this one.

Here is original note on Facebook

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Now here is what Sam Hindu had to say on this subject:

Is it Muslim or Moslem?
By Sam Hindu

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.” Not anymore. 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.

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.


I prefer to use word Moslem because they are pure evil.. get it!
Original article is here

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