jangan guna MOSQUE
It is a vital and important information. Muslims should now refrain
from using the term "Mosque". I was flipping through this book the
other day called "THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ISLAM"
and it is filled with fun facts. One of them concerns the term
"Mosque." So many of us think that this is the English translation of
Masjid. I’m sure none of us ever wondered how this term came into being
when it really had little in common with how it
sounded compared to ‘Masjid’. (We were very young when we were taught
this English word. Our mind then were not critical & analytical, so
didn’t dare to ask/challenge our teachers, right?).
Anyway
this book pointed out that the term ‘mosque’ is derived from the
Spanish word for "mosquito." It was termed as such because during the
Crusades, King Ferdinand said they were going to go and swat the
Muslims "like mosquitoes". (Where else can they find Muslims in large
number to be swatted if not in a Masjid?). So, they cheekily termed
"Masjid" as "Mosque". So dear Muslim brothers and sisters, refrain from
using this term which is obviously a disgusting
slap in the face to the Ummah.
Educate our brothers and sisters to the history and etymology of this
word. And let us replace it with the word which is MEANT to be used:
Masjid! The Place of Prostration!! Not Mosque: the place to be swatted!
If any of you have doubts about this, then please go look for the book and read it.
