Word of the Day for Friday, June 18, 2010
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hegira \he-JAY-ruh\, noun:
hegira \he-JAY-ruh\, noun:
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1. A journey to a more desirable or congenial place.
1. A journey to a more desirable or congenial place.
2. The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
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With his popularity plummeting to new lows every day, and with the ever-increasing outrage of American public over his pathetic (non)handling of the oil spill disaster, perhaps the B.O. will take his own personal hegira back to Kenya - where he belongs!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Hegira, whether referring to the event in the history of Islam or a general sense of the word, comes from the Arabic hajara, "to depart."
Hegira, whether referring to the event in the history of Islam or a general sense of the word, comes from the Arabic hajara, "to depart."
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