07-27-2008, 05:15 AM
Stephen Silver Wrote:This is obviously a hot topic amongst Islamic scholars.
On a related note, Akhi, the Shiite community in Iraq has for years been approaching the CoE to re-learn Aramaic as they consider it fundamental to know that language to understand their own Arabic better. Additionally, Muhammed had ordered Muslims to learn Aramaic. I forgot the specific Hadith, but he asked one of his followers if they knew Aramaic, and when they replied in the negative he said "learn it!"