# Muslim vs. Moslem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-vs-moslem/235222>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-vs-moslem/235222 "2004-03-19T16:16:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-vs-moslem/235222/1 "2004-03-19T16:16:51Z")

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Remember years ago how people of Islamic faith were mostly referred to as Moslems? Now you mostly see and hear Muslim. How come?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-vs-moslem/235222/2 "2004-03-19T17:01:46Z")

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It’s not so much that we’ve done this before, as it is that we did this [two days ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245726)

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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-vs-moslem/235222/3 "2004-03-19T18:23:13Z")

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Sorry about that. I am not a regular to GQ and thought I had such a new and original question that I didn’t even bother to check. Mods, feel free to close this thread.