Muslim
Americannoun
adjective
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Derived Forms
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Muslimismnoun
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anti-Muslimadjective
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half-Muslimadjective
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non-Muslimadjective
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pre-Muslimadjective
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pro-Muslimadjective
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pseudo-Muslimadjective
Inflected Forms
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Etymology
Origin of Muslim
< Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam
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Islamist organizations that adopted mostly nonviolent tactics and weren’t formally blacklisted—like the Muslim Brotherhood—fell under no agency’s remit and were largely ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Department of Agriculture that livestock had been inhumanely slaughtered during a May event at Shahnawaz Ranch for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, and that the operation had sold the meat without required federal inspection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The country's growing Muslim population also reflects a greater nationwide trend.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The funeral was marked by the ritual sacrifice of two horses as part of the marapu rite, which most inhabitants of Sumba still follow, whether Christian or Muslim.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Imagine a Muslim version of the American Gothic couple, with a beard on the husband and a black hijab on the wife.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
The holy site is also separated into an area for Jews and one for Muslims, each with a separate entrance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The debate unfolded against the backdrop of Muharram, the sacred month of mourning observed by Shia Muslims.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Elsewhere, Mr. Ryrie walks through the elaborate and charged categories—“pagan,” “heathen”—Europeans developed to understand the spiritual condition of Africans, Muslims, Jews and indigenous people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The foundation sought to recruit Muslims to spray-paint "sacred graffiti" in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
There were Muslims who knew almost nothing about their religion, who worshiped a few times a year, and those who obeyed the strictest interpretation of their faith.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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