Arabic Interpretation

Submitted by M C Randall (United Kingdom), Nov 30, 2005 at 06:56

One of the biggest problems facing the West is the acute lack of Westerners with an understanding of Arabic and all it's little nuances. We recently had in the UK a couple of court cases where Moslems were accused of aiding and abetting other Moslems to commit Terrorist acts but were cleared, as the interpretation of their E mail messages was, to the court one thing, but the Defendents stated that it meant something completely different.

One defendant had a web site exhorting 'Jihad' which was accepted by the court as 'personal struggle against inner demons' and not the more widely accepted version of this word.
Until we have Politicians, Judges and Christian leaders who are willing and able to challenge the interpretation of Arabic texts the Islamic world will continue to run rings round the West

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