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-'''Muhammadan''' (also spelt ''Mohammedan'') is another term for ''Muslim''<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/muhammadan muhammadan]." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 16 Aug. 2011.</ref> which is mostly used in the West. Until at least the mid-1960s, many English-language writers used the term Mohammedans or Mahometans.
+'''Muhammadan''' (also spelt ''Mohammedan'') is another term for ''Muslim''<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/muhammadan muhammadan]." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 16 Aug. 2011.</ref> which was mostly used in the West. Until at least the mid-1960s, many English-language writers used the term Mohammedans or Mahometans.
-Some Muslims object to the term, saying it is offensive as it implies a devotion to [[Muhammad]]. However, Muslims do show an extraordinary amount of devotion to Muhammad, considering only seventeen percent of the [[Qur'an]], [[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]], and the [[Hadith]], deal with the words of [[Allah]], while the remaining eighty-three percent refers to the words and actions of Muhammad.<ref>Bill Warner - [http://www.faithfreedom.biz/new-page-128.htm Love versus Fear in the Koran: A Statistical Analysis and Reform According to Golden Rule]</ref>
-Moreover, following the [[Sunnah]] means having to imitate every little habit of their prophet, even down to his [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Toilet Etiquette|toilet etiquette]]. On the other hand, the word "[[kafir]]" can be offensive to non-Muslims.
+Some Muslims object to the term, saying it is offensive as it implies a devotion to [[Muhammad]]. Though, it would appear to have been an honest mistake, as Muslims do show an extraordinary amount of devotion to Muhammad, since following the [[Sunnah]] means imitate every little habit of the prophet, down to his [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Toilet Etiquette|toilet etiquette]]. Moreover, only seventeen percent of the [[Qur'an]], [[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]], and the [[Hadith]], deal with the words of [[Allah]], while the remaining eighty-three percent refers to the words and actions of Muhammad.<ref>Bill Warner - [http://www.faithfreedom.biz/new-page-128.htm Love versus Fear in the Koran: A Statistical Analysis and Reform According to Golden Rule]</ref>
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