invitation to a non-Muslim to convert to Islam; Islamic proselytizing' name='description'> da'wa - definition and meaning

Definitions

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  • noun the invitation to a non-Muslim to convert to Islam; Islamic proselytizing

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Examples

  • The editorial deletion by Imam Rauf is purposeful but, as he knows, is impermissible except when spreading da'wa or the peaceful spread of Islam followed by jihad should that be insufficient.

    Real Interfaith Dialogue Must Address the Real Issues 2011

  • We need to kick the MSA out of our colleges a tool of the Muslim Brotherhood, and kick the muslim's attempts at da'wa to our younger children via the school system, tell them to take their prayer time, washing their feet, etc and keep it at home and the mosque.

    All faiths invited to Ramadan iftar in Plano | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • In his address aired on Hamas's Al-Aksa TV and also translated by MEMRI, Astal told his audience: "Allah has chosen you for himself and for his religion, so that you will serve as the engine pulling this nation to the phase of succession, security, and consolidation of power, and even to conquests through da'wa preaching and military conquests of the capitals of the entire world."

    Wise words from Hamas.... GayandRight 2008

  • Whether by da'wa preaching and persuasion, infiltration and destruction of faith from within, or the outright terror that al Qaeda promises its enemies, it is not just Europe that faces the Jihadi onslaught.

    Archive 2001-04-01 Lionheart 2001

  • Whether by da'wa preaching and persuasion, infiltration and destruction of faith from within, or the outright terror that al Qaeda promises its enemies, it is not just Europe that faces the Jihadi onslaught.

    Jihad means offensive War Lionheart 2001

  • They emphasize da'wa persuasion through preaching and by example and above all a gradual multi-generational process in coming to power and holding on to it.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • All in good humour, of course, and drawing hearty laughter from the presumably better class of Aussies who paid to see them and were eager to demonstrate their sophisticated worldliness and receptiveness to the spirit of da'wa, not that they would have recognised it as such.

    Australian Islamist Monitor Pelargonium 2010

  • All in good humour, of course, and drawing hearty laughter from the presumably better class of Aussies who paid to see them and were eager to demonstrate their sophisticated worldliness and receptiveness to the spirit of da'wa, not that they would have recognised it as such.

    Australian Islamist Monitor Pelargonium 2010

  • Rahman, of Bangladeshi background and Melbourne Grammar education, is one of a new breed in Australia, a "career Muslim", a young, social justice conscious (a youth worker), hip, swinging Muslim, bringing a new form of da'wa which blasts the Islamic terrorism image to pieces and replaces it with a victim-hued but smoothly at ease, edgy but polite cool.

    Australian Islamist Monitor Pelargonium 2010

  • Mixing with infidels in an infidel country unless its for da'wa - haram

    Australian Islamist Monitor 2010

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