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Islam
[ is-lahm, iz-, is-luhm, iz- ]
noun
- the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Quran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- the whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization, and the countries in which theirs is the dominant religion.
Islam
/ ˈɪɑː /
noun
- the religion of Muslims, having the Koran as its sacred scripture and teaching that there is only one God and that Mohammed is his prophet; Mohammedanism
- Muslims collectively and their civilization
- the countries where the Muslim religion is predominant
Islam
- A religion, founded by Muhammad , whose members worship the one God of Jews (see also Jews ) and Christians (see also Christian )(God is called Allah in Arabic) and follow the teachings of the Koran . Islam means “submission to the will of God”; adherents of Islam are called Muslims . The fundamental belief of Islam is “There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet .” Muslims are obliged to pray five times a day, to fast in the daytime during the holy month of Ramadan , to abstain from pork and alcohol, and to make gifts to the poor. All of them are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca (see also Mecca ), Muhammad's birthplace, at least once in their lives.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· [is-, lam, -ik, -, lah, -mik, iz-], ··· [is-l, uh, -, mit, -ik, iz-], adjective
- ԴDz-·i adjective
- ԴDz-··i adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Islam1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Islam1
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A messy global trade war looks inevitable, suggests the BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam.
Panel discussions were held on topics including "Addressing Anti-Israel Bias in International Institutions", "How Radical Islam Fuels Antisemitism in the West?" and "Double Standards, From the Battlefield to the ICC".
Most of those killed in the recent attacks, which occurred over a period of days earlier this month, were Alawites - an offshoot of Shia Islam, and Assad's minority sect.
An agreement with the kingdom, home to some of Islam’s holiest sites, would grant religious legitimacy absent from other normalization deals.
The southern provinces of Syria, which run along the frontier with Israel, are home to many of Syria's Druze – Arabs who practice a variant of Shia Islam – whose community stretches across Syria, Israel and Lebanon.
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