Talk:Fedayeen

message: "Armed Palestinian militias known as the Fedayeen, constituted from the refugees of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, made efforts to infiltrate and strike against Israeli towns, infrastructure and citizens. The Fedayeen were based in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria. The Fedayeen were recruited, armed and trained mainly by the PLO."
I doubt that the PLO could train anyone before '64, right? Or how comes an organization founded '64 can train fighters in the 50's. If they had had a time machine, why not go back further and correct certain other things?
-- Taalib 01:37, 7 September 2007 (CET)
== Hashhashins ==An anonymous user added the following to the hashhashin bullet point::(Note: this is a widely distributed but patently false etymology, the story of the old man on the mountain is a fabrication supposedly transcribed from Marco Polos journals, no other sources exist for this legend)I moved it to here, pending comments. Anyone know what this is about? – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 12:28, August 21, 2005 (UTC):The Nizaris (followers of the Aga Khan) think that the whole hashisheen thing is a slur on their glorious ancestors, but this article is not the place to discuss it. AnonMoos 00:48, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palestinians 

message: I would like to add that the Fremen word for Paul Maud'dib's bodyguards "Fedaykin," from Frank Herbert's books are likely to be from the same etymology as the word Fedayeen. This is especially likely considering that many words in the Fremen language seem to derive from Arabic. However, I am not sure if it should go in this particular page. Any thoughts?Edgar Kavanagh 10:43, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Then there are the "Feydaukin" from National Lampoon's "Doon": -- "Comedy commandos sworn to protect the person of the Mahdl-T or die laughing.  Their traditional strategy involves running in and out of rooms and slamming doors, thus confusing their adversary." AnonMoos 00:48, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  fedaykin from Dune 

message: http://dictionary.sakhr.com/idrisidic_2MM.asp?Lang=E-A&Sub=%e6%ce%da
Wortabet-Porter dictionary published by Hippocrene.
To go directly to connotation of suicide or sacrifice suggests that self-immolation is fundamental value in Arab and/or Muslim culture.
Chris
Chrisrushlau 19:59, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh? The verb carries several connotations. To go from one dictionary definition entry to a sweeping statement on X suggesting anything at all suggests axe grinding.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Collounsbury (talk • contribs) 21:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arabic root means "ransom" 

message: I did a re-write of the Palestinian section; hope it is OK.  But in the process, I lost the independent '(edit)' button for the section.  I can now only edit this section from within the Islamic section's '(edit)' button.  All sections appear to be shifted from the assigned button.  Can someone fix it?  CasualObserver'48 (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help?? Lost an edit button 

message: Look at Muslim article. We don't use the plural "Muslims". I think we should move this article to the Arabic singular, "Fida'i".--OsamaK 03:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why we use the plural? 

message: #The fact that some people interpret the word Fedayeen as "freedom fighters", even in a distinguished book, doesn't necessarily make its meaning so. A reference to a certain book does not justify any remark. For many people Fedayeen is the equivalent of terrorists, for others it is somewhere in between. The literal meaning is derived from a word which means "redemption", and its most likely meaning it "one that redeems himself", i.e. "self-sacrificer". Anything beyond that is POVized interpretation.
#If you put the Armenian spelling, you might as well put the Hebrew spelling, as this language is also relevant to the issue.
#Since neither Israel, nor Palestine properly describe the entire area of these militant groups' activity, it would be better to write Palestinians, as they are the people from which the militant groups came.
79.177.30.23 (talk) 12:08, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do you think there should be "Hebrew spelling"? Are there Jewish fedayeen? If you are wanting this because fedayeen may operate in or have operated in the territory of Israel, then you might as well have it also in Turkish, Russian, Farsi, and so on. It is there in Armenian because there are Armenian fedayeen, and a glaring hole in this article is that the documented usage amongst Armenians predates any of the Muslim examples mentioned in the article.  93.97.143.19 (talk) 01:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent changes 

message: This term is also used in North Africa - e.g. Algerian war of independence.--عبد المؤمن (talk) 13:31, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  West Asian? 

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