Words all too often stop us from communicating. The same words can vastly different things (just ask my sister who told her English in-laws that she fell on her fanny [
see here for what she meant and what they thought]).
In a similar vein, I thought that this article in the CSM is very interesting:
10 terms not to use with Muslims :
- The Clash of Civilizations.
- Secular.
- Assimilation.
- Reformation.
- Jihadi.
- Moderate.
- Interfaith.
- Freedom.
- Religious Freedom.
- Tolerance.
I'm a little surprised that "crusade" wasn't on the list. I guess that the author assumes that we know that one already. Read the whole thing.
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