How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?

[GrandizerII]

So, a Jew says to you Shalom.

A Muslim says Salaam.

How do you respond?

I would respond in kind. I wish you peace!

Catholics also! And peace be with you!

If you know how to speak Arabic, and you want to return the greeting ("Salaam Alaikum") in kind in Arabic, you say "wa aalaikom as-salaam" ("and peace upon you").

That said, I've never had a Muslim say this greeting to me in my homecountry (Lebanon), probably because they only tend to say this to other Muslims. To Arabic-speaking non-Muslims, they seem to just go with "salaam", "marhaba" ("hello") and the likes.