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Subject: Re: Apostasy
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 11:40:08 EST
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> Is there any link between the term "meshummad" and the arabic name
> "Muhammad"?

No.

> By the way, could any one explain
> the difference between jewishness and semitism? I read somewhere
> that the Arabs are basically from a semitic origin.!!
> 
> CHEDLEY  C/O ITTVAX!WXLVAX!OLSEN

Traditionally, the peoples of the world (ancient world) were divided
into three family groups, associated with the families of the three
sons of Noah.
Indo-Europeans are Japhetic (from Japhet); Africans are Hamitic (from
Ham), Middle East peoples are Semitic (from Shem).
So Semites include Arabs, Jews, Assyrians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, etc.

Susan Slusky
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