Zartonk Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 (edited) OK, I know that this might just be THE most random and useless usage of virtual space on the forum ever, but here we go... From Wiki: Background Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Petoskey. He attended Hope College on the west coast of Michigan. The name Sufjan is an Arabic/Persian name that predates Islam and most famously belonged to Abu Sufyan, a figure from early Islamic history. It has been mentioned in the press that the name was given to Stevens by the founder of Subud, an inter-faith, non-religious spiritual community to which his parents belonged when he was born. Stevens has stated that the name is of Armenian origin and means "comes with a sword," and that it is "a charming militaristic Muslim name." Bordem takes you places man... Edited August 28, 2006 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 OK, I know that this might just be THE most random and useless usage of virtual space on the forum ever, but here we go... From Wiki: Background Stevens was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Petoskey. He attended Hope College on the west coast of Michigan. The name Sufjan is an Arabic/Persian name that predates Islam and most famously belonged to Abu Sufyan, a figure from early Islamic history. It has been mentioned in the press that the name was given to Stevens by the founder of Subud, an inter-faith, non-religious spiritual community to which his parents belonged when he was born. Stevens has stated that the name is of Armenian origin and means "comes with a sword," and that it is "a charming militaristic Muslim name." Bordem takes you places man... Did he also tell the story how an Armenian ripped his ass off with that sword? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakachik77 Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 aren't sufjans those whirling men from konya, turkey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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