originalists and modernists in the Shadow Court

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Icelander

Groups in the Middle East have found that Classical Arabic is suprisingly useful and versatile for magic use.

That's really quite surprising, given the way that widely used languages lack magical heft. The Koran is written in Classical Arabic, and is mostly studied in that form. The language isn't all that different from Modern Standard Arabic, and most Muslims pray in Classical Arabic, irrespective of the vernacular language they use.