Meaning of Islam | Babel Free

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1. A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion)
2. Rare spelling of Islam.
   alt-of, rare
3. A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
   uncountable, usually
4. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion)
5. a strict follower of the Koran.
6. Muslimdom (the sphere of influence of the religion).
   uncountable, usually
7. A male given name
8. the doctrines and practices of a 19th-century Persian sect that formed the basis for the current Baha’i organization, regarded as heretical by orthodox Muslims because its leader proclaimed himself to be the Imam Mahdi, the expected twelfth Imam of the Shiite sect, who would establish justice on earth. — Babist, n.
   n
9. A male given name.
   uncountable, usually
10. A surname
11. the activities of the Ghazis, fanatics sworn to destroy all infidels.
12. A surname.
    uncountable, usually
13. a member of the Shi’a sect of Muslims, who believe in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, from Ali to Muhamad al Muntazar.
14. the religion of Islam; Muhammadanism. — Islamist, n. — Islamitic, adj.
    n
15. the tradition in Islam of venerating a shrine in Mecca through pilgrimage and prayers made after turning in its direction. — Kaaba, n., adj.
16. an adherent of a heretical 9th-century Muslim sect that considers the Koran as mere allegory and is opposed to prayer, fasting, and revelation.
17. the belief in Mahdi, the Muslim spiritual guide who, on Judgment Day, will lead the faithful to salvation. — Mahdist, n.
18. the doctrines and practices of the religion founded by the prophet Muhammad and set forth in the Koran. Also called Islam, Islamism. — Muhammadan, Mohammedan, n.
19. the doctrines of Sultan Abdul-Hamid’s 19th-century political movement that was against the westernization and unification of Islam. — Pan-Islamist, n. — Pan-Islamic, adj.

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Examples

““When people see a woman covered, or she is in modest attire, that represents Islam to them,” Lbhalla says. “So as a result, we are receiving the brunt of the hostility. They take out their fears or their hate for Islam and Muslims out on us.””

“It is no doubt true that other civilizations, prior to, or wholly alien to, the medieval West, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantium, Islam, or China, were familiar with forms of higher education which a number of historians, for the sake of convenience, have sometimes described as universities.”

““When I’m dressed like this, they know,” says Lufta Islam, touching her hijab and long dress. ” ‘OK, she’s a Muslim girl.’ “”

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