Pan-Islamism

[pan-is-lah-miz-uhm, -iz-, -is-luh-miz-, -iz-]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Pan-Islamic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pan-Islamism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; pan- + Islamism

Example Sentences

“The entire idea of national pride in Saudi Arabia was about Pan-Islamism,” he said, explaining that Saudi Arabia was to be celebrated not as a nation-state but as the land of Islam’s two holiest mosques — in Mecca and Medina — and as the heart of a larger Islamic community.

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The greater the number of people, the bigger the area, the greater the leverage – and a desperate attempt to hold on to the pan-Islamism and pan-Arabism of yesteryear.

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Never known to mince words, he saw himself as an ideologue and geostrategist who believed in pan-Islamism and supported Muslim separatist movements, especially in neighboring India.

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If pan-Islamism was Saudi Arabia’s antidote to the threat of Arab nationalism in a previous era, what is Saudi Arabia’s strategy today to fight IS?

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A man of flexible political allegiances and fond of the Koranic maxim “God does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition,” he became an early apostle of pan-Islamism.

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