"what a noxious chant it is"

Submitted by Lactantius Jr (United Kingdom), Jul 3, 2008 at 18:16

To Dhimmi no more

Yes you did help, thanks, and thank you for explaining why it is a linguistic puzzle.

Have you traced its first appearance? does it appear in the Qur'an or the Sahi Hadith do you know?

If it does appear in the Qur'an, and if sTs is reading this, perhaps he would like to explain what the noxious chant "Allahu Akbar" means, since his self-declared understanding of Qur'anic Arabic is "better than most."

With kind regards and best wishes

Lactantius Jr.

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