[ALIGN=CENTER]سلام للجميع...
هذه رساله وصلتني تحويي معلومه مهمه لنا كمسلمين ارجو من الجميع قرائتها...
PLEASE CALL OUR MASJID "MASJID"! Not "MOSQUE"!!!
Please read this and pass it on to any Muslims, as much as you can. It is
a vital and important information. Muslims should now refrain from using
the term "Mosque". I was flipping through this book the other day called
"THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ISLAM" (he-he, they call
themselves idiots) and it is filled with fun facts. One of them concerns
the term "Mosque." So many of us think that this is the English
translation of Masjid. I'm sure none of us ever wondered how this term
came into being when it really had little in common with how it sounded
compared to 'Masjid'. (We were very young when we were taught this English
word. Our mind then were not critical & analytical, so didn't dare to
ask/challenge our teachers, right?).
Anyway this book pointed out that the term 'mosque' is derived from the
Spanish word for "mosquito." It was termed as such because during the
Crusades, King Ferdinand said they were going to go and swat the Muslims
"like mosquitoes". (Where else can they find Muslims in large number to be
swatted if not in a Masjid?). So, they cheekily termed "Masjid" as
"Mosque". So dear Muslim brothers and sisters, refrain from using this
term which is obviously a disgusting slap in the face to the Ummah.
Educate our brothers and sisters to the history and etymology of this
word. And let us replace it with the word which is MEANT to be used:
Masjid! The Place of Prostration!! Not Mosque: the place to be swatted! If
any of you have doubts about this, then please go look for the book and
read it.
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تبين هذه الرساله اصل كلمة Mosque التي كما نعرف انها المصطلح الانجليزي لكلمة مسجد...
وتبين الرساله ان كلمة Mosque اتت من Mosquito والاسبان هم من اطلقو هذا اللفظ على المسجد , والذي اطلق هذا المسمى هو احد ملوكهم ويدعىFerdinand حيث قال انه سوف يقتل المسلمين كما يقتل الناموس swat وطبعا اين يوجد المسلمون بكثره واين يتجمعون دائما في مكان غير المسجد...فقامو بتسمية المسجد Mosque من Mosquito الا وهو الناموس...
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اخوتي آمل اني قد افدتكم ....وآمل لا نستخدم هذا المصطلح بعد الآن ونطلق على المسجد مسجد ان تحدثنا باللغه الانجليزيه...
مع تقديري واحترامي...[/ALIGN]
