Islam
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- noun
- /ɪzˈlɑm/
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islam
- The combination of support for both democracy and Islam is evident in a March/April 2011 poll of Egyptians.
- Islam and Muslims
- convert to Islam
- Islam and Christianity
What's not intrinsic to Islam is a strong sense of sin.
- What's not intrinsic to Islam is a strong sense of sin.
- I, I, I try to help converts from Islam all the time.
- There are, you know, the radical Islam is not Islam.
- There is Dad al Islam and Dad al Harab.
- So it's not just Islam and Islamism that's the problem.
- So tell me, who said Islam doesn't empower women?
- So Iran is the center of Shia Islam.
- Is the Caliphate, the Arab empire of Islam.
- Yeah, we're being taught the pure essence of what Islam is about.
- I think this is not against Islam.
- It's because Islam isn't going anywhere and Islam needs people like you.
- And then obviously I'm a Muslim machine race Islam and we married.
Examples
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Islam is a religion of peace.
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Rami, could you just speak to what Islam teaches about forgiving?
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What do you know about Islam?
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Jerusalem is a holy site, not only for Judaism and Islam, but also for Christianity.
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You're a British man who converted to Islam?
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Islam teaches its followers to practice kindness and compassion towards others.
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Many scholars study the history and principles of Islam to better understand its teachings.
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The values of charity and community are central to Islam and guide the actions of its practitioners.
Synonyms
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An old, now often offensive name for the religion Islam
The religion Islam that follows the teachings of Muhammad and the Quran
Compounds
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A branch of Islam that accepts the first four leaders after Muhammad and values community authority
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A religious and political group in the United States that combines Islam with Black nationalist ideas
- Literature
An armed Islamist group that was active in Iraqi Kurdistan and carried out attacks
A branch of Islam that believes leaders should come from Ali's family, common in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon
Surface Forms
Etymology
Islam comes from the Arabic root S-L-M, which means 'peace' or 'to submit'. So Islam is about finding peace by 'submitting' to God, and the word Muslim, a follower, comes from the same root meaning 'one who submits'.