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To: Ben Wa who wrote (429)	11/7/2001 11:11:35 AM
From: soroush	Respond to of 2926

Nothing! Muslim, and Moslem are the same. In English we tend to pronounce them and/or spell them differently.

To: Ben Wa who wrote (429)	11/8/2001 2:03:34 AM
From: uu	Respond to of 2926

Ben, To the best of my knowledge there is no difference between a Moslem and a Muslim. It is sort of like how you refer to a person whose name is Richard as Dick, or Robert as Bob. Actually that is not quite right either. It is actually more like how some people refer to Iran as I-RAN, or AY-RAN. When it comes to referring to foreign names I have found out that most people in the U.S are ignorant. But that is also understood as people tend to find the easiest most convenient way that meets their needs (i.e. if one feels much more comfortable calling Iran as I-RAN, then so be it.). In Farsi (the Language of Iran) Muslims are called MoSalman. If you study a bit of ancient Persia, and find out who Salman Farsi was and his impact on Mohammad (the man who is credited for the creation of Islam), you may come to know why in Iran Muslims are called MO-Slaman. Regards,