Islam means "peace"? Hardly.
Reader comment on item: Assessing Obama's Mosque Speech on Islam

Submitted by elizabeth, Feb 8, 2016 15:25

"Lissan al-Arab", acclaimed, authoritative Arabic lexicon: 'Islam' is derived from the root verb istaslama (استسلاما); which means 'to submit' or 'give in' or 'surrender'. This derivation also harmonizes with Islamic "submission" texts like Qur'an 9:29 --- "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

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