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redneck_penguinEncyclopaedia Brittanica 1911 Entry on Islam
ISLAM, an Arabic word meaning " pious submission to the will of God," the name of the religion of the orthodox Mahom-medans, and hence used, generically, for the whole body of Mahommedan peoples. Salama, from which the word is derived appears in salaam, " peace be with you," the greeting of the East, and in Moslem, and means to be " free " or " secure." (See MAHOMMEDAN RELIGION, &c.)
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ISLAM, an Arabic word meaning " pious submission to the will of God," the name of the religion of the orthodox Mahom-medans, and hence used, generically, for the whole body of Mahommedan peoples. Salama, from which the word is derived appears in salaam, " peace be with you," the greeting of the East, and in Moslem, and means to be " free " or " secure." (See MAHOMMEDAN RELIGION, &c.)
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