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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Abdullahi spoke about growing up Muslim and the tradition of women showing respect for their husbands and male family members by cooking for them and serving them first.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Born in Battambang, Ali, 52, is of mixed Malay, Khmer, Thai and Cham ethnicity, and was raised Muslim in a country that’s 96% Buddhist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
She is almost painfully careful not to ascribe blame to the growing presence in Germany of Muslim immigrants, among whom there has been a hardening of anti-Zionist public pronouncements since Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an award given to a Muslim cleric who praised Osama Bin Laden.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
And then the way I identify myself leaves some people perplexed: Black but Muslim.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The organisation said the attack "provokes the sentiments of Muslims worldwide" and represented a dangerous escalation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
This stems from a contemporary desire in Sweden and Norway to create a counterweight to the nationalistic use of the Viking Age that is often directed against Muslims.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Many Jews resident in Germany are, however, unwilling to blame Muslims for the growth in antisemitism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He said that he was only speaking about Bin Laden in 2007 in response to "the hurt felt by many Muslims" over a knighthood being awarded to the Satanic Verses author Sir Salman Rushdie.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Black and brown young people, old people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike need role models to show that their dreams are possible.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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