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Kythas wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Kythas wrote:The actual Arabic word for a non-believer of Islam is kafir, which simply means "unbeliever" or "disbeliever" (and is also a pejorative). The word islam itself is Arabic for "truth", being that Islam is the one and only true religion.

That part in red is a pretty bold statement. I'll respectfully disagree with you that "Islam is the one and only true religion" while defending your right to believe and to practice that deception to the bitter end. If that is your faith, then I would hope that you, as an American Muslim, would defend my right to believe and to practice my Christian faith to the bitter end.............without imposed dhimmitude under Sharia law, and exactly as protected under the Constitution of the United States, which also protects your rights.

TAM, I am most definitely NOT a muslim; I am a Christian man. I merely pointed out that they use the word "truth" as the name for their religion; in their view, they believe it is the one and only true religion and needs no separate word to describe it. I was merely stating their point of view.

Ah, OK.....sorry I misunderstood. I sounded like you were speaking from the first person. My apologies.

Kythas wrote:The actual Arabic word for a non-believer of Islam is kafir, which simply means "unbeliever" or "disbeliever" (and is also a pejorative). The word islam itself is Arabic for "truth", being that Islam is the one and only true religion.

The world kafir has become such a pejorative as to take on racist overtones. In South Africa, it was/is a term used exactly the same way Americans used to use "the 'N' word" (before we started calling it "the 'N' word"). I have known a couple of white South Africans who repeatedly used the term kafir to describe black Africans in conversation with me, and then tried to pass it off as meaning "doltish" or "moronic" or something like that. But I also noticed that they never used the word kafir to describe their stupid selves or any other equally stupid white persons.

That part in red is a pretty bold statement. I'll respectfully disagree with you that "Islam is the one and only true religion" while defending your right to believe and to practice that deception to the bitter end. If that is your faith, then I would hope that you, as an American Muslim, would defend my right to believe and to practice my Christian faith to the bitter end.............without imposed dhimmitude under Sharia law, and exactly as protected under the Constitution of the United States, which also protects your rights.