IS THIS offensive?

Question

my teacher was talking about capitlas in lal
and she was writing religions and names on the board

and she spelt quran the holy book of muslims
like koran

i think its offensive becuz that is almost saying like islam and quran isnt important which it is to many people

like no one even cares about the sacred religion

don't say im a hater

i jsut want to know is it offensive

i didint say anyhting but i wish i had

i wouldnt care if i had gone to the principals office to stand for what i believe in

Answer 1

a lot spell it like that.
get over it.
it seems like you want to be offended.
i don't believe you are any religion.

Answer 2

I don't know where you get the idea that Islam and the Qu'ran aren't important in her eyes. She could very well be unaware that some Muslims prefer that transliteration, and you had an opportunity there to politely speak up and let her know the preferred spelling.

But I think that not capitalizing the name of a sacred book would be far more offensive than someone writing "Koran" instead of "Qu'ran." You, my dear, should be ashamed of yourself.

When writing a word that is native to one alphabet in a completely different alphabet, there are various ways of spelling phonetically. Koran/Qu'ran and Muslim/Moslem are just two of the examples. There are several ways of spelling "Chanukkah," for example.

Answer 3

What do you know about Islam to say that it is a scared religion and Koran isn't important .
Surely your government and TV wash your brain like many another people.
I invite you to enter to an Islamic site(Islam-Islamonline) to see the real Islam not the lies about Islam.

Answer 4

I don't think that anyone should be offended by religion. It is you OWN PERSONAL belief. Why should you be offended by someone else's judgement than your own? Stand up for yourself, but of course you can't make everyone else in the world think the way you do. That is just naive. Yet again, look at our history, it is based on spreading religion, and our wars and conflicts now are based on religion. As an atheist, I think religion is well..................... not good.

Answer 5

Most people in the US still spell it Koran, as that is how it has been spelled for a long time. People are just getting around to spelling it Quran. Doesn't mean anything, though, and is not disrespectful.

Answer 6

No. "Quran" and "Koran" are both phonetic interpretations. The actual name isn't written in our alphabet, and those are merely attempts to show English-speakers how the word is pronounced. "Coran" and "Kurann" would also be possible, though I doubt anybody would recognize them.

If you demand absolute perfection, it should only be written in Arabic, and you should learn to pronounce it exactly as a native speaker would, with no trace of an accent.

Answer 7

Wikepedia says


The Qur’ān [1] (Arabic: القرآن al-qur'ān, literally "the recitation"; also sometimes transliterated as Qur'an, Koran, or Al-Qur'an) is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind

Answer 8

My Jewish friends have always spelled it as Koran. I would take that to mean that it's as appropriate as Qu'ran.

Answer 9

Don't get so uptight. An honest mistake perhaps, then again look at what it says in the dictionary.

From www.dictionary.com

Ko·ran /kəˈrɑn, -ˈræn, kɔ-, koʊ-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-rahn, -ran, kaw-, koh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.

Also, Quran.


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Answer 10

You sound young, Open your mind to all and come to your own conclusions in life. Not the churches, not your parents, not the schools, YOURS.

Answer 11

its not, it doesnt really matter, oh my goodness, you and the rest of the "offended" people make up what many like to call the NaNNY State. so grow up and worry about things that actually matter like how chinas going to take over the world with all our technology shipped overthere because we outsourced all our hardworking people trying to get by so some rich fat pig could get richer.