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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Other Word Forms

• Pan-Islamic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of Pan-Islamism

First recorded in 1880–85; pan- + Islamism

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Example Sentences

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Pan-Islamism

At the end of Chapter II we examined the movement among the Mohammedan peoples known as "Economic Pan-Islamism."

From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard

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 John Holland Rose

Let us now trace the fortunes of modern Pan-Islamism.

From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard

We have already analyzed the military potencies of Pan-Islamism and Japan, and China also should not be forgotten.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard

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 Lothrop Stoddard

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