Ibn Warraq
Banned
That is the kind of person who gives Islam a bad name![]()
If that guy's a Muslim, I'm a Mormon.
That is the kind of person who gives Islam a bad name![]()
No, Dan, I am teh hyprons!!1!![]()
If that guy's a Muslim, I'm a Mormon.
Mitt Romney, is there no depth to which you won't sink?![]()
Codae
Hey, he was banned
Yeah, I didn't say he was. He still gives Islam a bad name.If that guy's a Muslim, I'm a Mormon.
"Peace be with him" isn't entirely accurate. Truly devout Muslims merely write (pbuh), which stands for "Peace be upon him," as others here have noted. I have never seen PBWH, which leads me to question whether anyone would actually go through the trouble of writing out "Peace be with him" seeing as it is a) much longer than is required and b) wrong. It just seems fundamentally wrong-headed in so many ways.Secondly, I don't think that 'Peace be with him' is something every Muslim says after mentioning Muhammad.
Actually, (pbuh) is reserved for Muhammad; (swt), which is short for subḥāna wa-ta’āla (praised and exalted), is reserved for God; (as), which is short for ’alayhi salām (peace be upon him), is reserved for the bigger figures like the other prophets (Jesus and crew) and (among Shiah) the Imams; and (rah), which is short for raḍiya ’llāhu ‘anhu (may God be pleased with him) for the Companions of the Prophet. Us mere mortals have to be content with raḥimahu ’llāhu, "God has had mercy with him."Actually "peace be upon him" (pbuh it is often abbreviated) is often used after Islamic prophets (not only Muhammed; Jesus, Mary, and depending on whether Sunni or Shiite, perhaps Ali and so on).
This term "heresy" is a very loaded term with rather blatant Christian connotations. Most devout Muslims will swear up and down that Islam knows no heresy, although you are correct to point out that the most hardcore Sunnis often consider Shiism to be something very much like heresy. The reason being is that most fundamentalist Muslims only believe in one "true" Islam and will often point to the numerous and complex schisms within Christianity as evidence of its inferiority. Within Islam, the only possible equivalents are disbelief (infidelity) and apostasy, which take the place of the term "heresy" in the mouth of a fundamentalist. If you deviate too far from orthodox Islam, you run the risk of being labeled either an infidel or an apostate, but never a "heretic."Also AFAIK neither Judaism and Christianity are heresy. Shiism might be considered "heresy" for Sunnis (but even there I'm not quite sure), and some variant sects of Islam are generally considered heretical (as perhaps are offshoots like the Druse).
I have this theory that it was actually Henry Ford who popularized the Protocols in the Middle East, as he was the one who brought them back from obscurity with his book The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, which was translated into Arabic almost immediately after it first appeared in English. Remember that Henry Ford viewed himself as the patron of the Arabs in America, as well.ObWI: No Nazis=No widespread dissemination of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the Middle East=No widespread Holocaust denial in the Muslim World?
Not precisely, but it's close enough for government work. I've never understood why Muslims use (pbuh) for ṣallā ’llāhi ‘alayhi wa-sallama (which, as I said above, actually means "may God bless him and keep him") when (pbuh) is actually an exact equivalent to ’alayhi salām (as). I guess it simply has become the tradition in English speaking countries, perhaps because (mgbhakh) is a) too long and b) looks like Armenian to me.Well, like I said; PBUH or "Peace be upon him" is the most common variety, but I've seen Muslims use other varieties like "Peace be with him", or SAW, which is the abbreviation of the Arabic version of the phrase.