My mom remembers learning about "Mohammedanism" and "Mohammedans" in world religion class in public school in 1960s Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. When and how did "Islam" and "Muslim" become the everyday terms to refer to that religion and its adherents in the English-speaking world?
by /u/Zhankfor in /r/AskHistorians
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