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Definition of Islamic Ummah
1. Noun. The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan. "Moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"
Category relationships: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Community
Lexicographical Neighbors of Islamic Ummah
Literary usage of Islamic Ummah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mauritania's Campaign of Terror: State-Sponsored Repression of Black Africans by Janet Fleischman (1994)
"However, an Islamic party, the Islamic Ummah Party, was refused permission to
register, based on the constitutional provision which bans the formation of ..."
2. The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic by Judith Share Yaphe (2002)
"First, they reject peace with Israel, and they oppose the existence of the state
because, they say, Jews cannot rule over the Islamic 'ummah (community) or ..."
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