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How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
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How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:39 am
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!
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:44 am (This post was last modified: March 11, 2018 at 9:45 am by GrandizerII.)
(March 11, 2018 at 9:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: 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.
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:49 am
(March 11, 2018 at 9:44 am)Grandizer Wrote:
(March 11, 2018 at 9:39 am)chimp3 Wrote: 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.
I had a girl friend from Lebanon. She and her family would respond "Ma Salaami". I assume that is less formal than " Wa Alaikum As Salaam"?
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:50 am
I'm hard of hearing, so I would have asked the person to repeat themselves until I understood its implications and ignored it.
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:53 am
(March 11, 2018 at 9:49 am)chimp3 Wrote:
(March 11, 2018 at 9:44 am)Grandizer Wrote: 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.
I had a girl friend from Lebanon. She and her family would respond "Ma Salaami". I assume that is less formal than " Wa Alaikum As Salaam"?

That actually means "goodbye", "maa" meaning "with" and "salaameh" meaning "peace". Both Christians and Muslims in Lebanon say that.
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:54 am
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 9:57 am
(March 11, 2018 at 9:53 am)Grandizer Wrote:
(March 11, 2018 at 9:49 am)chimp3 Wrote: I had a girl friend from Lebanon. She and her family would respond "Ma Salaami". I assume that is less formal than " Wa Alaikum As Salaam"?

That actually means "goodbye", "maa" meaning "with" and "salaameh" meaning "peace". Both Christians and Muslims in Lebanon say that.

My grandmother was Christian and Lebanese/ Syrian. She and her siblings also used that phrase.
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 11:17 am
(March 11, 2018 at 9:57 am)chimp3 Wrote:
(March 11, 2018 at 9:53 am)Grandizer Wrote: That actually means "goodbye", "maa" meaning "with" and "salaameh" meaning "peace". Both Christians and Muslims in Lebanon say that.

My grandmother was Christian and Lebanese/ Syrian. She and her siblings also used that phrase.

Should've known you had Arab roots
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 12:30 pm
"Gezundheit."
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RE: How Would You Respond to Salaam Alaikum ?
March 11, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Probably with a confused look. I only know english.
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