# Islamic prayer always in Arabic?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-prayer-always-in-arabic/349053 "2006-03-19T22:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-prayer-always-in-arabic/349053/21 "2006-03-22T05:19:21Z")

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> What would Jesus say?

I suspect He would have used far earthier language than most modern people would expect. Certainly the Church fathers had no problem calling heretics and apostates such things as “shithead” and “His name is Shit.” There’s even a St. Koprios, who was found as a child on a dunghill.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-prayer-always-in-arabic/349053/22 "2006-03-22T05:30:46Z")

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Still, Eastern Orthodox Christianity is capable of better than that. I was deeply touched by the story of St. Nonos baptizing St. Pelagia. How lovely it would be if there were more stories like that.

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