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Dear Prof. Langermann the German compound "Mohammedglauben" which is new to me as well and is something that Prof. Nagel has created should under no circumstances be equated with Mohammadanism! It stands for believing in Muhammad as a prophet. It immediately becomes clear from reading the work "Allahs Liebling" that this is meant and not Mohammadanism which is not in use anymore (same with Mohammadan religion). "Allahs Liebling" is not a biography of Muhammad (so I have to apologize to have been unclear on this) but a work on the historical development of adoration of Muhammad, thus the compound "Mohammedglauben" ya'ni believing in Muhammad. I have tried to forward to you a review of these two works in the largest German serious daily newspaper, the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" from Munich by Prof. Peter Heine from the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Unfortunately I cannot forward this helpful review to the list but I hope I have made it clear what was meant with "Mohammedglauben". Thank you for asking! Best wishes Andreas Drechsler Tzvi Langermann schrieb: > Thank you for this notice. Does the term "Mohammedglaubens" mean that, > in Germany anyway, one still speaks of "Mohammadanism" or the > Mohammadan religion? This has not been acceptable in English for some > time. > > Y. Tzvi Langermann > Department of Arabic > Bar Ilan University -- Dr. Andreas Drechsler Bibl.-Rat Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg PF 2705 96018 Bamberg Tel.: 0951/863-1530 Fax: 0951/863-4530 [log in to unmask] http://www.uni-bamberg.de/service_einrichtungen/unibib/ Bitte beachten / Please note: Neue E-Mail-Adresse ab 10/2008 - new e-mail address from 10/2008 [log in to unmask] [Neue und alte Mail-Adresse bis dahin BEIDE gültig / new and old address until then both valid!] "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" - Groucho Marx