Post #986389
2026-03-06 02:54 UTC
The Lebanese party named "Party of God" is hizb allah in Arabic, literally "party of God" (Allah is their word for God).
Why, then, do Westerners call it "Hezbollah" rather than "Hizballah"? Does it have something to do with hiding the fact that they worship the same God as most Westerners? Curious penguins are... curious. #middleeast
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@oddhack@mstdn.social 2026-03-06 03:05
@badtux Romanization is not a 1:1 process. Wikipedia lists 9 different transliterations.