Dumb Question: Whats the difference between Islam and Muslim?

[Mobius]

:shrug:

[Product of Evolution]

1. Well...

Islam is a religion, a Muslim is a follower of Islam.

[PsychoDad]

Right.... n/t

:)

[Mobius]

2. ty

i wasnt sure. i feel dumb now :7

[PsychoDad]

3. Never feel dumb about any question...

The dumb thing is not to ask :)

[iamtechus]

4. What is the difference between a muslim and a moslem?

A moslem has a rotary engine.




<snork>

[Mairead]

5. And for those who not-unreasonably wonder about such

spelling differences:

Written Arabic only represents consonants, so muslim/moslem is really written 'mslm', and the vowel sounds are supplied by the speaker's local dialect.

(The same is true of Yiddish--written using Hebrew characters--which is why there's such a fascinating variety of pronunciations in Leo Rosten's 'Hyman Kaplan' stories.)

[Tom Kitten]

6. Same is true with Gadfhy

Qaddafi, there have been dozens of different spellings for his name.