re: #1285 Cato the Elder

I have a university text, titled: “Jews, Christians, Muslims: A comparative introduction to monotheistic religions” (publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1998). In Chapter 6, “Monotheism in Islam”, one reads: “Islam means ‘surrender’, and the person who has surrendered to G-d is a ‘Muslim’. Those two words share a common root s-l-m, which also produces the word salam, meaning ‘peace.’” (The chapters written to explain Islam are written by Muslims.)