Mullah Mohammed Omar
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- proper noun
- News of Mullah Mohammed Omar's death raised questions about the Taliban's future leadership.
- Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar
- Mullah Mohammed Omar as a leader
Examples
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Did Mullah Mohammed Omar lead Afghanistan during the 1990s?
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Many foreign governments considered Mullah Mohammed Omar a key figure in international terrorism.
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Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban during their control of Afghanistan in the late 1990s.
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The policies of Mullah Mohammed Omar were controversial.
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Afghan leader Mullah Mohammed Omar established a strict interpretation of Islamic law during his leadership of the Taliban.
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During his rule, Mullah Mohammed Omar became a prominent figure in Afghanistan, advocating for a fundamentalist approach to governance.
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Despite international criticism, Mullah Mohammed Omar remained steadfast in his beliefs and continued to lead the Taliban until his death.
Synonyms
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An Afghan religious and political leader who founded and led the Taliban and imposed strict Islamic law in Afghanistan
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sequence is a proper name composed of 'mullah' (an Islamic scholar) plus personal names, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would infer it refers to a Muslim religious figure named Mohammed Omar. However, the specific biographical and political details (that he founded and led the Taliban and the historical period) are not derivable from the parts, making the full encyclopedic meaning non-transparent.
Etymology
Mullah Mohammed Omar was an Afghan religious and political leader. The word Mullah is a title for a Muslim 'religious teacher', and he became the founder and head of the Taliban, so his name now refers to that group's early leader.