sirat

Every land mass in the world has some version of this garment, whether it be called a fundoshi (Japan), a sirat (Borneo), or a breechcloth (Europe).

Merkins and Kotekas and Codpieces, Oh My! Heather McDougal 2007

Every land mass in the world has some version of this garment, whether it be called a fundoshi (Japan), a sirat (Borneo), or a breechcloth (Europe).

Archive 2007-10-01 Heather McDougal 2007

I join those who think that sirat, like English street from a Western Germanic *strat-, is a borrowing from Late Latin (via) strata "paved (way)"

languagehat.com: ARABIC ETYMOLOGY. 2004

Siraat, _sirat_, the bridge over which the soul passes

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

Report Abuse I have read the koran many times (the 3 official traductions and more), many many sahih ahadith (especially those relating to Non-muslims, slavery, women, marriage, booty of war, jihad etc...), sirat rasulallah, the commentaries of Ibn Kathir etc...

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

I wish people read the koran, the sahih ahadith and the sirat rasulallah before thinking they know islam and defending it.

Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories 2010

Nobody should have an opinion that doesn't fit the "sirat-e-mustaqeem" of free thinking?

Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

In Borneo, "the _sirat_, called _chawal_ by the Malays, is a strip of cloth a yard wide, worn round the loins and in between the thighs, so as to cover the pudenda and perinæum; it is generally six yards or so in length, but the younger men of the present generation use as much as twelve or fourteen yards

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899