Post #1404119
2026-03-06 03:05 UTC
@badtux Romanization is not a 1:1 process. Wikipedia lists 9 different transliterations.
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@badtux@mastodon.social 2026-03-06 03:13
@oddhack "Allah" is the most commonly accepted transliteration for the Arabic word for "God". Any transliteration of the Arabic words for Party of God that doesn't include "allah" in it is sus and makes me wonder what agenda is being pushed. Incidentally, the U.S. government itself uses "Hizballah" as their transliteration of the name. E.g., https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/hizballah.html It appears that the Western press is the primary group pushing the "hezbollah" transliteration. Why?