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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3866)5/3/2003 6:51:44 PM
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slate.msn.com

gives this as the explanation.

Finally, Kathy Park wants to know why “Moslem” is considered an offensive spelling. The problem with spelling the Arabic word meaning “one who surrenders to God” as “Moslem” and not “Muslim” is that people end up pronouncing it mawslem, which is a different word that means “oppressor.”

This gives the same reason:

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An alternate spelling for Muslim that is occasionally used is Moslem; it is not recommended because it is often pronounced Moslem: which sounds like an Arabic word for oppressor. Some Western writers in the past have referred to Islam as Mohammedism; this is deeply offensive to many Muslims, as its usage can lead some to the concept that Mohammed the Prophet was in some way divine.

This is interesting:

geocities.com

...The Black Muslims mostly trace back to an immigrant teacher named Wallace Deen Fard (also known as Fard Mohammed) [in Arabic writing, the vowels after consonants are not written as letters but may be noted by small marks above or below the letters, with no distinction between o and u or between i and e, so Muslim and Moslem are both correct transliterations of the same Arabic word. Fard is pronounced Farad, but the second a is usually not written].
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