Islam IS Arabisation

Submitted by hmmm (United States), Jul 26, 2005 at 21:00

Victor wrote: "Is it the result of the 'Arabisation' of Islam?"

Islam IS Arabisation. Note:

-- Pray to an Arab city.
-- Pilgrimage to an Arab city.
-- Reading Koran in Arabic.
-- Praying verses in Arabic.
-- Arabic words, phrases peppered throughout Islam-speak (e.g. shahada, asalamu alaykum, wudu, takfir, tawheed, bismallah, namaz, azaan, ummah, sharia, allahu akhbar, salat, zakat, etc.)
-- Top Arab grievances = Top Muslim grievances (e.g. Palestine, Iraq)

Non-Arab Muslims are the ones who need to wake up to the not-so-subtle Arabisation (i.e. Islamisation) of their cultures.

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