1) It's also the first part of some of the most popular given names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_(name) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_(name) T

1) It's also the first part of some of the most popular given names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_(name) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_(name) The word for slave simply doesn't have the same meaning as in English. 2) "Slave" (عبد) means black just as much as "nigger" means the same in English. Or "chink" means Chinese. It's a pejorative term. Anyone decent enough would simply say "black" (اسود) or "tanned" (اسمر).