They say that to be different from the majority society that they live in their speech mannerism and terminology alienates them from mainstream society.
Many people, even devout Muslims, call for the de-Islamisation of the English used by Muslims in private and in public. Keywords: Islamic Entry Distortion Oxford Dictionary of English Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learners’ Dictionary Macquarie Australian National Dictionary.
Inappropriate and inaccurate or misleading definitions given by the dictionaries are identified and analyzed, then they will be examined according to definitions from each Islamic science so that accurate and appropriate definitions can be delivered as the alternatives and in turn more acceptable definitions and understandings of Islam will be given to not only the Muslim communities but also the greater readers. The selected entries are in accordance to Islamic sciences such as theology, Islamic Jurisprudence, Quranic exegesis, hadith Science, Islamic mysticism and Islamic History. The three dictionaries are used the object of this study because they represent the major varieties of English besides the existence of a great number of new Englishness emerges around the globe. The study is to analyze Islamic entries in three major English dictionaries Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE), Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learners’Dictionary (MWALED), and Macquarie Australian National Dictionary (MAND).
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