One more vocabulary review.

[conuly]

And this time I'll let you see what's prompting it.

Islam: A religious group. There is no "one way" to practice Islam, just like there is on "one way" to practice Christianity.

Muslim: A person who follows the religion known as Islam.

Arabic: A language, with many different dialects, some of which are very far apart. Spoken primarily by Arabs and Muslims.

Arab: Not synonymous with Muslim. Many Muslims are not Arab, many Arabs are not, nor have ever been Muslim.

Comments

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

It always impresses me how people seem to be content to live in ignorance. So many people don't understand the difference between the words "Islam" and "Muslim" (admittedly, for English speakers, they're foreign words that sound similar and are related in meaning), but there are also so many people who think that everyone who's Arabic is also Muslim. But I get just as irritated when people assume I'm Christian because I'm a white American (living in the Midwest, at that).