Re: Why does that streak of blood, rip the petal of your cheek?

Noons wrote:
> Billy wrote:
> > crazy radicals. Treat your women and children and us kafirs
> > (unbelievers) with the respect they, and us, deserve.
>
> Agree with everything else except the translation of "kaffir"!
> You and I know it's not that! :)

Actually it is. Yes, in South Africa the term is/was used as a derogatory reference to black people (its use today can land you in legal problems here).

However, the actual world itself comes from Arabic and means "unbeliever" and is the term used (especially in the past) by Muslims describing anyone that is not of the Islam faith. It is also spelled with one f. That's the context I used it in. :-)

Have a look at
http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=islam+kafir&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

--
Billy