SX43%LIVERPOOL.AC.UK@evans.ucar.edu (11/24/90)
Salaam, everybody :
Personal correspondence, quoted with permission..
Referring to my posting of an article on Salah al-Din, in which I
erroneously assumed that C.E. meant Christian Era..--FRE.
>From Donald Blaise (blais@edu.utexas.emx) :
DB> In article <1990Nov19.021046.16599@nntp-server.caltech.edu> you write:
DB> >Born in the year 532 A.H. (Anno-Hijri), 1137 C.E. (Christian
DB> >Era), in Tekrit, on the West Bank of the Tigris
DB>
DB> English speaking Americans usually use B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D.
DB> (Anno Domini -- Latin for "Year of the Lord"). To avoid a Christian
DB> bias many people prefer to use B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E.
DB> (Common Era). The year number is the same in both systems. In the US,
DB> C.E. is not an abbreviation for Christian Era! Does the UK differ?
DB> In the US, C.E. is favored by Jews because of the meaning of A.D.
DB>
DB> A.H. (Anno Hijri) is in analogy to A.D. (Anno Domini). I think that
DB> it would be better to simply use H. (Hijri) without the Latin word.
DB> What does one use for "before" Hijri?
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Donald, and for permission to
post it so others might learn if they were under the same misconception.
I suppose we could use A.H. = After Hijrah and B.H. = Before Hijrah ?
I'm not sure I like C.E. = Common Era; certainly it isn't common
between non-muslims and muslims, is it :-) We use the Hijri calendar
(supposedly anyway.) But I dont really want this to become a thread.
Fazal.