It does not mean "god is great" but "Allah is greater." It's an expression of Islamic supremacy, sometimes used as a "howdy."https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/926112932915752960 …
Abrogation as you describe it is a medieval invention usually associated with ibn Kathir's tafsir, and now favored by jihadis. It is not followed by all Muslims, or even most.
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Abrogation is still in practice, or you'd see guys like jihadist who mowed down people on the bike path handing out flowers to "infidels"
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Yes it's absolutely in practice, among jihadis. But the vast majority of Muslims don't follow that interpretation of naskh.
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