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FlamingGlory said:
Read Johnny_B's post. It is part of the culture of some of the areas where Islam is the majority religion but it is not Muslim per se. It is also practiced by Christians in the same geographic area.

"looking at religion independently, it is not possible to establish a general association with FGM/C status." - http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/FGM-C_final_10_October.pdf
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Are you saying that Islam and Muslims are not intertwined? Wikipedia seems to insist that they are.

ام; al-'islām (help·info)) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. It is the second-largest religion in the world today, with an estimated 1.7 billion adherents, spread across the globe, known as Muslims.
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Or am I misinterpreting things?
 
fly said:
Are you saying that Islam and Muslims are not intertwined? Wikipedia seems to insist that they are.



Or am I misinterpreting things?
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Yeah, your reading comprehension sucks... Im using Islam as the noun to because it is a thing and Muslim as an adjective to describe it's adherents. This is the standard English practice.
 
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fly said:
:lol: Adherents is a noun!
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ARG!

Main Entry: 1ad·her·ent
Pronunciation: ad-'hir-&nt, &d-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French adheirdant, adherent, from Latin adhaerent-, adhaerens, present participle of adhaerEre
1 : able or tending to adhere
2 : connected or associated with especially by contract
3 : ADNATE
- ad·her·ent·ly adverb
 
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FlamingGlory said:
ARG!

Main Entry: 1ad·her·ent
Pronunciation: ad-'hir-&nt, &d-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French adheirdant, adherent, from Latin adhaerent-, adhaerens, present participle of adhaerEre
1 : able or tending to adhere
2 : connected or associated with especially by contract
3 : ADNATE
- ad·her·ent·ly adverb
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Well that was a pissing match.
 
FlamingGlory said:
ARG!

Main Entry: 1ad·her·ent
Pronunciation: ad-'hir-&nt, &d-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French adheirdant, adherent, from Latin adhaerent-, adhaerens, present participle of adhaerEre
1 : able or tending to adhere
2 : connected or associated with especially by contract
3 : ADNATE
- ad·her·ent·ly adverb
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adherent

ad·her·ent Pronunciation (d-hîrnt, -hr-)
n.
A supporter, as of a cause or individual: a vote that pleased adherents of education reform.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adherent

–noun
1. a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
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http://www.answers.com/adherent&r=67

ad·her·ent (ăd-hîr'ənt, -hĕr'-) pronunciation
n.

A supporter, as of a cause or individual: a vote that pleased adherents of education reform.
adj.

1. Sticking or holding fast.
2. Botany. Joined but not united. Used of dissimilar parts or organs.
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Now which definition is correct when you're referring to a member of a religion as an adherent? Something that is sticky or a supporter?
 
FlamingGlory said:
I wasnt even talking about the word adherent, I was saying adherent to "describe" a person who is associated with a specific thing.
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So you were basically wrong in using the word adjective. :fly:

edit: I went back and read about 6 times what you orginally wrote and was able to wade through the confusion and determine the meaning. :heart:
 
fly said:
So you were basically wrong in using the word adjective. :fly:

edit: I went back and read about 6 times what you orginally wrote and was able to wade through the confusion and determine the meaning. :heart:
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YES!
Thank you!
 
the root of all this is that the religion is Islam, someone who follows that religion is a Muslim. Describing something that is related to that religion you use Islamic.

Christianity -> Islam
a Christian -> a Muslim
something is christian -> something is islamic

(edit: not sure if the third case is supposed to be upper-cased or not)
 
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