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[A.alnakkas]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Discussion is OK, but I think use of the unfortunately chosen analogy is a bit over the top, and I think the reasons should be obvious. Lets keep things on topic without personal jabs.

I apologize for my poor choice of analogy :-)

But the point of it, Arabic is not talismanic for the virtue of being Arabic. Something that has been repeated before and once put to question, changed to "Islamic" text being talismanic. All is good, except not everything on swords is Islamic.

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

I apologize for my poor choice of analogy :-)

But the point of it, Arabic is not talismanic for the virtue of being Arabic. Something that has been repeated before and once put to question, changed to "Islamic" text being talismanic. All is good, except not everything on swords is Islamic.

Well noted Lofty. I think all of us in the moment have chosen words or analogies we later rethought, I know I have. I think what you point out about the use of the term talismanic, as like many such terms there is a broad scope of application. It seems that the words or metaphoric content are better directed toward the character of the inscriptions, not necessarily the language or script itself.