muslim : Idioms & Phrases
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black muslim
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noun an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam
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muslim calendar
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noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Islamic calendar.
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muslim ummah
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noun the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Islam Nation; Islamic Ummah; Umma; Ummah.
- moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims
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revolutionary organization of socialist muslims
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noun a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
ANO; Abu Nidal Organization; Black September; Fatah Revolutionary Council; Fatah-RC; Arab Revolutionary Brigades.
- in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group
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shi'ite muslim
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noun a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
Shiite; Shi'ite Muslim; Shi'ite; Shia Muslim.
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shia muslim
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noun a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
Shiite; Shi'ite Muslim; Shi'ite; Shia Muslim.
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shiite muslim
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noun a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
Shiite; Shi'ite Muslim; Shi'ite; Shia Muslim.
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sunni muslim
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noun a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad
Sunni; Sunnite.
