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> "Alhamdulillah" [...] is used by Muslims nowadays as an alternative to Allah u Akbar, Takbir, or Narai-e-Takbir because those 3 terms have been co-opted by Ji
by bilalq 3y ago
> "Alhamdulillah" [...] is used by Muslims nowadays as an alternative to Allah u Akbar, Takbir, or Narai-e-Takbir because those 3 terms have been co-opted by Jihadists.
This is not correct. Almost all of those phrases are commonly used in daily speech and prayers by Muslims globally. No group could possibly co-opt them. They are deeply rooted traditions.
- morbicer 3y agoNo one can co-opt it but it's like Pepe frog... Once a group that you don't want to be affiliated with starts to using it and the "outside" world associates the the symbol primarily with the "baddies", you rather look for another symbol There definitely seems to be a trend of people abandoning Allahu Akbar https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Alhamdulillah,Allahu%20Akbar&hl=en-US https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Alhamdul...
- bilalq 3y agoNo, this is not at all comparable to the Pepe frog meme. No one is going to look for another symbol here. That trend graph is for search interest. It's not surprising that we're past peak searches for that from non-Muslim majority countries and regions. With all due respect, you're just wrong here. There is no trend of people abandoning this phrase. This would be like trying to say crosses were co-opted by the KKK so churches are getting rid of them and people are going to stop wearing jewelry with them. It's part of the call to prayer, part of the five daily prayers, part of supplication and dhikr, and part of many other Islamic traditions.