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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
What's interesting is that the very same definition itself states that it is a religion based on the teachings of Muhammad; hence the term. Nowhere here is there a reference of the worship of Muhammad himself as a deity, which is what was claimed here by Abd. That is all.
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Again I'll explain in simpler words:
It was stated, that Christians are called Christians because of Christ, so Muslims could be as well called Muhammedans because of Muhammad. This reasoning is flawed, as - as stated above - there is a major difference between roles played by Jesus called Christ and Muhammad in Christian and Muslim religions, accordingly. Christ is worshipped, thus Christianism, Muhammad is not, thus not Muhammedanism.
But as I see some people here are not going to skip using the term, I'm not going to discuss it anymore. Those who don't wish to insult anyone nor to use terms that have been "tossed aside" by Western researchers and experts will just not use it, as there are other apropriate terms. Amen.