Post #4393883
2026-08-05 17:54 UTC
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@praetor@mstdn.social 2026-08-05 19:10
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io God and Allah is a generic word. That's not actually it's name. I have gods. Odin, Heimdall, Freyr...they're gods, but that's not what their name is. The Christian god is Yahweh. The Islam god has over 200 names in the Quran. People mistake linguistics for theology. Because American's think English is the only language.
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@toddheberlein@mastodon.social 2026-08-05 19:28
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io The other day I heard the Aramaic word Jesus would have used to refer to God was Alāhā. I can imagine a lot of Americans being outraged if we used the same word Jesus used when referring to God.
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@ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-08-05 21:57
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Even in some parts of Europe, people who are not Moslem say 'inshallah'. Sometimes a bit ironically, sometimes with honesty. Another example is "toubib" which is a bad pronunciation of the Arabic word for "doctor" (tabib or طبيب.), which is also used in France.
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@YakyuNightOwl@mastodon.world 2026-08-06 04:24
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io We've been watching a war on that part of Asia since 1991, and now shisha is illegal in most places while halal platters are upper tier, but people still need this kind of reminder.
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@codebyjeff@hachyderm.io 2026-08-06 05:48
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io you should cool it with your "Americans are stupid" nonsense... I'm certain if I walked around my city in Japan, or dropped over to Korea or China, most people wouldn't know or think about that difference Tbh, I'm pretty confident I could walk around European or Aussie/NZ cities and most random people would say that's an Islamic phrase, even if they realize it is spoken in Arabic. --- Does most of the world know that "Amen" is Abrahamic, and that it is also used by Jews and Muslims? Are they all ignorant if they don't? --- Just a few days ago there was a (small) protest against a mosque in Tokyo - protesting its existence - because, to quote one woman literally - "I should probably learn more about them (Muslims), but they scare me. What if they are terrorists?" Ignorant people aren't confined - or even congregate - in one place or country. --- Although ignorance takes a lot of different forms.... Interesting that "call the American who doesn't understand Islam an idiot" is just a variation of "Castigate the infidel" when you think about it... Which *is* a typical Islamic terrorist POV... Interesting. Something to think about when sitting quietly, away from social media. Maybe I'm all full of nonsense... wouldn't be the first time --- Or by "the world" did you mean American and Europe, like so many on social media seem to? Maybe you should take some of that Google & Amazon money and do a "sabbatical" and travel a bit...learn something about the rest of the world Or - cheaper version - STFU about how "stupid we Americans are" (I know you're a Californian) and just accept that a lot of things aren't obvious to a lot of people, and teach I *think* that's an Islamic tenant... #justAnIdea
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@tantramar@zeroes.ca 2026-08-05 18:01
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Expecting people to be willing (or able) to separate the concept of “Arabia” from the concept of “Islam” feels like a tall order, sadly. 🤦♂️
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@benjamingeer@piaille.fr 2026-08-05 18:02
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io When I started learning Arabic, I had a beginners’ dictionary that translated “I hope” as inshallah, and now that I speak it fluently, I still fully support that translation. There are other ways to express hope in Arabic, but that’s by far the most common one.