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[celtan]

Hi Ward,
I don't speak arabic. Got the translation from Rober Spencer's"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam". Seems there are two different meanings for the same word.
Best
M

Originally Posted by ward

The arabs mostly called us "dhimmi", or "guilty". They mostly used the term Rumi on Byzantines and Greeks, if I recall correctly.
Dhimmi means 'protected' in Arabic, it refers to non-Muslims in a political context. I've never heard it trasnlated as guilty. Rumi referred to Byzantines early in Ottoman history but the word also meant Ottomans later on.