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: an adherent of Islam
2
Muslim
adjective
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There are also the bean pies that celebrate the Black Muslim movement.
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Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
In the Shiite Muslim faith, a martyr is the highest expression of honor — harkening back to the beginnings of Shiite Islam with the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in Karbala in what is now Iraq.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
This national agency, which forms part of a federal intelligence apparatus of more than 20 agencies focused on surveillance, has played a key role in mass surveillance since 2001, especially of Muslim Americans.
—Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
The government of Mohamed Morsi, a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was democratically elected.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
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Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
In the Shiite Muslim faith, a martyr is the highest expression of honor — harkening back to the beginnings of Shiite Islam with the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in Karbala in what is now Iraq.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
This national agency, which forms part of a federal intelligence apparatus of more than 20 agencies focused on surveillance, has played a key role in mass surveillance since 2001, especially of Muslim Americans.
—Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
The government of Mohamed Morsi, a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was democratically elected.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Muslim. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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