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Thread #121349   Message #2648459
Posted By: Ferrara
04-Jun-09 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obama's astonishing speech in Cairo
Subject: RE: BS: Obama's astonishing speech in Cairo
Or, to put it more succinctly,

Islam is the religion. Parallel to the words Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity etc.

Moslem and Muslim are different spellings of the same Arabic word. They mean a member of the religion. Parallel to the words Buddhist, Jewish, Christian etc.
Rita