"Palestine" was in use long before Islam came to be, so you really can't pretend it is a term that was used to harm Islam, or Judaism, considering Jews were using it too.

What is it with you people pretending that I said that Islam is older than the word "Palestine"??? I never said that.

What I did say was that "Palestina" was the name the pagans gave to the land. They did it to insult the Jews and the god of the Jews, who is, incidentally, the god of Islam.

I find it weird that so-called Muslims would call a land by the name given to it a) by pagans and to insult the god they believe in. That's all. It has nothing to do with the age of Islam or the age of the word "Palestine".

??? I don't see where you are coming from here. I never said Jews were pagans.

May I suggest you read all the replies. Mine was not directed at you or your post but a reply to a reply.

""The Quran refers to Canaan as the land G-d gave to the people of Israel""

The word Canaan isn't in the Koran. Please tell me what word they should be using. Unless you expect them to walk around saying "The Land God Gave to the People of Israel" every time they need to refer to it.

You also ignore the fact that Jews in Palestine were using the word before there was an Islam. Why would they be insulting their own God? Could you point out the borders of what you are talking about?

"What I did say was that "Palestina" was the name the pagans gave to the land. They did it to insult the Jews and the god of the Jews, who is, incidentally, the god of Islam."

Dunno where you got that. Could you cite something that lends to that? The term refers to the word Philistine, in reality. Josephus used the word, I pointed out the word is used in the KJV, it was used by Jews long before there was an Islam.

So... I really don't think you even have a point here, you're just grumping.

"I find it weird that so-called Muslims would call a land by the name given to it a) by pagans and to insult the god they believe in. That's all. It has nothing to do with the age of Islam or the age of the word "Palestine"."

Could you prove that the word "Palestine" was used to insult the Hebrew God. Tell me who used it that way. What is the insult? Where do you find it used as an insult toward the Hebrew God?

How is it an insult to God if Jews, themselves, used it? Israelis use the term now widely. You won't even SPELL the word God, yet you expect me to believe that Jews haphazardly used a word that was intended blasphemously?

Are you just making this up?

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The term refers to the word Philistine, in reality.

Which, of course, reduces the possibility of insult. I think Rome traded with the Philistines in its early years, or at least knew the area as home to a trading colony. Why not call it what history called it?