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
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Etymology
Origin of Muslim
< Arabic, literally, a person who submits. See Islam
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He ended decades of political dominance by dynastic parties and envisioned a national welfare state modelled on the Islamic golden age of the seventh to 14th centuries, a flourishing period in the Muslim world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Australia had the opener for the past two seasons because of where the Muslim holy month of Ramadan fell.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Historically Pakistan always wanted to be seen as primus inter pares”—first among equals—“in the Muslim world,” says Farzana Shaikh, an expert on Pakistan at the British think tank Chatham House, in a phone interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
At the same time, Naheed really didn’t want to stand out any more than she already did because she was Muslim and because she wore a head scarf.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Today, close to half the population are Spanish Christians who came from mainland Spain, with about the same number of Arab Muslims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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
Beijing has been accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017, part of a campaign that the United Nations previously said could constitute crimes against humanity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
After the trial, the UK Sikh Federation wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calling for anti-Sikh hate crimes to be recorded in a similar way to those against Jews and Muslims.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Papa says it was a group decision between Lord Mountbatten for the British, Jinnah for the Muslims, and Nehru for everyone else.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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