# Why did moslem become muslim?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-moslem-become-muslim/234960 "2004-03-18T02:39:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-moslem-become-muslim/234960/21 "2004-03-19T18:38:04Z")

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> No, because there’s no such thing as ‘muslim’ cloth. It’s ‘muslin’.
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> BTW, as far as back as I can remember, the spelling has been ‘Muslim’ in the UK. Could it be that the US media has been influenced by li’l ol’ us?

Never, I say! It’ll be a cold day in heck before you ever hear a word of English come from my lips!

Oh wait. Never mind … 😃

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**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-moslem-become-muslim/234960/22 "2004-03-19T19:29:34Z")

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(to the tume of Maresy Dotes…)

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