Nice to know.
I'm Muslim since some years but I'm still scared of some words due to constant misrepresentation of them.
I remember some years ago when I was not Muslim I was in a train and many Palestinians went inside and I was so scared. Then I heard them saying "jihad" and I thought they would bomb the train. I was so scared
Later I learned that jihad might be just a name, or might mean "effort".
It's like hearing the word Führer, and this can mean "manager", or driver (as in driving license). Not necessarily fuhrer like in "my Führer/Hitler".
I remember when I saw Arabic writings and I always thought it was saying something like "cut everybody's head". NowI know it might be a poem, or just the name of a store or a joke.
How stupid does this costant imagery linking Arabic stuff to terrorism, and how efficient it is.
Most important is there later I met nice Arabic people who made me laugh alot and also very kind people, so slowly most of the propaganda melted away from my head.
Bowfinger
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2023-11-02 19:35:58
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