Muslim
of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
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Origin of Muslim
1Other words from Muslim
- an·ti-Muslim, adjective, noun, plural an·ti-Mus·lims, an·ti-Mus·lim.
- half-Mus·lim, adjective, noun, plural half-Muslims, half-Muslim.
- non-Mus·lim, adjective, noun, plural non-Mus·lims, non-Mus·lim.
- pre-Mus·lim, adjective, noun, plural pre-Mus·lims, pre-Mus·lim.
- pro-Mus·lim, adjective, noun, plural pro-Mus·lims, pro-Mus·lim.
- pseu·do-Mus·lim, adjective, noun, plural pseudo-Mus·lims, pseudo-Mus·lim.
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How to use Muslim in a sentence
At the time, Texas allowed only Christian and Muslim chaplains to attend executions.
Supreme Court says Alabama cannot execute inmate without his pastor present | Robert Barnes | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostStand-up comedy is still in a nascent stage in India, and Faruqui was among a small group of comics and an even smaller group of Muslim comics.
How An Indian Stand Up Comic Found Himself Arrested for a Joke He Didn't Tell | Sonia Faleiro | February 10, 2021 | TimeIndonesia is a majority Muslim country, but Aceh is the only province with Shariah law.
Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province caned for having sex | Michael K. Lavers | January 30, 2021 | Washington BladeMuch of it is a backlash to immigration in general and Muslim communities in particular.
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up. | by Sebastian Rotella | January 22, 2021 | ProPublicaIf you think about it, the biggest mistake in a way in the partition of Pakistan and India was all the Muslim-majority areas became Pakistan, so the people who were left in India are scattered around.
Fareed Zakaria on Putin, the Dalai Lama and Race in America | Nick Fouriezos | January 16, 2021 | Ozy
Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSubmission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.
He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom the Muslim schools of Arabia came the first teachers of modern science to Europe.
Evolution of Life and Form | Annie Wood BesantHe washed and went through the mummery of Muslim prayers for the watchful mullah's sake, and climbed on to his bed.
King--of the Khyber Rifles | Talbot MundyA most important Muslim tradition says that Muhammad declares this sura to be equal to a third of the rest of the Koran.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousSaid by Muslim commentators to be one of the last ten nights of Ramadhan, the seventh of those nights reckoning backwards.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousMuslim commentators hold that the Paraclete (Comforter) promised in John xvi.
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British Dictionary definitions for Muslim
Moslem
/ (ˈmʊzlɪm, ˈmʌz-) /
a follower of the religion of Islam
of or relating to Islam, its doctrines, culture, etc
Origin of Muslim
1Derived forms of Muslim
- Muslimism or Moslemism, noun old-fashioned, derogatory
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