Difference Between MASJID and MOSQUE

Please Call our MASJID "MASJID"! Not "MOSQUE"!!!





Difference Between MASJID and MOSQUE



Please read this and pa** it on as much as you can. It is 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" (they call

themselves idiots) and it is filled with fun facts. One of them

concerns the term Mosque."



So many of us think 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 minds 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!