Great Britain: The BBC - The voice of Mekka!

[Ulli]

By BBC Team
Peace be upon him

Throughout the BBC's section on Islam you will see peace be upon him or (pbuh) after the name Muhammad.

Muslims say peace be upon him after every mention of Muhammad's name, as a mark of respect. Muslims do the same when they write the Prophet's name, adding pbuh.

The Arabic translation of peace be upon him is sallallahu alayhi wa sallam which is usually abbreviated as saw.
Use of pbuh on bbc.co.uk/religion

The BBC uses pbuh in the Islam section out of courtesy, and we would do the same for any other religion if they had a similar phrase that was universally used as a sign of respect.

When the site refers to the Prophet on pages that are not in the Islam section, we do not use the phrase. The phrase is only used on the first occurrence of the Prophet's name, and not throughout each article.

We chose this position after much debate over what would be a truly impartial way to write about different faiths. The problem we faced was that religions can be so different in their underlying philosophy and world view that it could be impossible to understand them properly if we approached them from a single consistent point of view.

We decided that a less biased and more consistently fair approach would be to write about each faith from the point of view of that faith - so that our explanatory pages were in essence, a particular religion explaining itself to the reader. From that position it made sense to use pbuh on pages explaining Islam.

Related Links
Articles

    * Latest Muslim news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/news/include.shtml?muslim

External Web Links

    * Religious Tolerance - Introduction to Islam - http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_intr.htm


Published on BBC Religion & Ethics: 2002-10-02
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/practices/pbuh.shtml

[raz]

The BBC like many British Institutions has been infiltrated by the Islamists and their left wing sympathisers!

In Scotland we found out that our hospitals were full of Jihadists. The word on the Street is that alot of people are refusing to be treated by a Muslim doctor, there is also a mini boycott of Muslim owned shops.
Opinion Polls say that 38% of Brits think Muslims are a security threat.
Opinions are changing. It is only the ruling elite Brown's Nu LABOUR that try to cover the truth up.

I for one despise the BBC with their mandatory licence fee, pay it or you could face a substantial fine.
If you check out the latest scandal the beeb are in trouble again over the name of a cat.

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