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Pan-Islamism

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[pan-is-lah-miz-uhm, -iz-, -is-luh-miz-, -iz-] / ˌpæn ɪsˈlɑ mɪz əm, -ɪz-, -ˈɪs ləˌmɪz-, -ˈɪz- /

noun

  1. the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.


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Etymology

Origin of Pan-Islamism

First recorded in 1880–85; pan- + Islamism

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It must not be forgotten that they are in close touch with the Sennussi and kindred influences which we have already examined in the chapter on Pan-Islamism.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

Pan-Islamism was, in fact, cross-cut and deflected from its previous course, and a period of confusion and mental uncertainty supervened.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

The real leaders of modern Pan-Islamism either gave Abdul Hamid a merely qualified allegiance or were, like El Sennussi, definitely hostile.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

The Bagdad Railway and the Kaiser's court to Pan-Islamism were definite threats to our existence as an Empire.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

It is to a consideration of the first of these two concepts, to Pan-Islamism, that this chapter is devoted.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

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