Language gets co-opted all the time. Atheists say “goodbye”, they don’t say “God be with you”.
This is the same logic I’m applying when I say “Allah” is Islamic; if a word gets co-opted to be ubiquitous outside of the origin, then the origin no longer matters within that context.
Oh like how the word “bye” is “Christianic” in function?
I’m not convinced that “bye” is “Christianic” in function.
I’d say it’s English in function, regardless of it’s origin.
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Language gets co-opted all the time. Atheists say “goodbye”, they don’t say “God be with you”.
This is the same logic I’m applying when I say “Allah” is Islamic; if a word gets co-opted to be ubiquitous outside of the origin, then the origin no longer matters within that context.
The term “Islamic” is my problem here.
Grouping multiple cultures together just because they have similar aspects from an outside perspective that isn’t even fully accurate just felt gross.