I know from the daily URLs that we get visitors of every faith from all over the world. I've been surprised by how important both Eids are to Moslems - both the Little (now) and Big (October).

They are like Christmas.

Yet most non Moslems seem almost unaware of them.

As I grow older and realise I'm a citizen of the world, which not only includes all races, skin colours, religions and sexual inclinations but all species too. Indeed, my personal preferred species include Dogs and Trees.

'Islam : grammatically speaking, Islam should only refer to the religion or acts done in the name of that religion, never a person who practices that religion. Islamic community and Islamic art are correct, Islamic man is not.'

www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/...uslim/#ixzz2bYbXpfli

'According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies,"Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means"one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means"one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.'

hnn.us/articles/524.html