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Salaam,
This is actually very interesting. I looked up for the word "mosque" at
Dictionary.Com (http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=mosque) and I found the
following information:
[French mosquée, from Old French mousquaie, from Old Italian moschea, from
moscheta, from Old Spanish mezquita, from Arabic masjid. See masjid.]
Note the "Old Spanish" word for mosque, which is _mesquita_. It certainly sounds
A LOT like "mosquito", but the word for "mosquito" in Spanish is _musca_
(http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=mosquito), not _mesquita_. So I'm not very
sure whether this story about "mosque" coming from a statement of King Ferninand
is correct at all, it might be just another urban legend.
Wassalam.
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CALL MASJID not Mosque
Dear Muslims,
Please read this and pass it on to any and all Muslims
that you can. It is vital and important information, I
believe.
Muslims Refrain From Using the Term "Mosque" I was
flipping through this book at the book store the other
day called "The Complete Idiots Guide to Understanding
Islam" (hehe) and it is filled with fun facts. Some
stuff I didn't even know.
One of them concerns the term "mosque." So many of us
think that this the english translation of Masjid. I
often wondered how that was when they really had
little in common with how they sounded.
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 (or someone.. i forget exactly whom it said
coined the term) said they were gonna go and swat the
muslims "like mosquitos."
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
pick up the book and read it.
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