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:Begging your pardon but Islam translates into English as "submission" (i.e. submission to God).--[[User:Porthos|Porthos]] 22:53, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
:Begging your pardon but Islam translates into English as "submission" (i.e. submission to God).--[[User:Porthos|Porthos]] 22:53, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
::Islam is a contraction of "Dar al Salem" (Salem in Semitic languages means "peace") Dar al Salem is perpeturally at war with Dar al Harb, or the "Realm of Conflict,", i.e. those areas and persons who inhabit those areas outside Realm of Peace. [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 22:56, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
::Islam is a contraction of "Dar al Salem" (Salem in Semitic languages means "peace") Dar al Salem is perpeturally at war with Dar al Harb, or the "Realm of Conflict,", i.e. those areas and persons who inhabit those areas outside Realm of Peace. [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 22:56, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
:::Begging your pardon again Rob, but you're incorrect. Please refer to http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Islam for the origin of the word.--[[User:Porthos|Porthos]] 23:01, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
:That might be the origin of the word [written before edit conflicts with Porthos and RobS], but in normal everyday use, it is the name of a religion, not a physical Earthly location. I tried to make a similar change, but was beaten to it by Samwell. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:57, 19 August 2007 (EDT)
:That might be the origin of the word [written before edit conflicts with Porthos and RobS], but in normal everyday use, it is the name of a religion, not a physical Earthly location. I tried to make a similar change, but was beaten to it by Samwell. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:57, 19 August 2007 (EDT)