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  • Mr. Abdullah, the authorities said, led a faction of a group called the Ummah, meaning the Brotherhood, which advocates the establishment of a separate nation within the United States governed by Islamic laws.

    PrairiePundit 2009

  • Unfortunately, the fact of the matter, is that in the eyes of the Islamic terrorists restoration of the Ummah is a religious duty of the highest order.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Above and beyond that, what's interesting is a group to which they belong, which is called Ummah, a group that is said according to prosecutors to be lead by famous H. Rapp Brown.

    CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009 2009

  • An FBI complaint says they belong to a nationwide group called Ummah, mostly African-Americans, some of who converted to Islam while in prison.

    CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009 2009

  • They're said to be in a group called Ummah, pushing for a separate Islamic nation in the U.S.

    CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009 2009

  • They're said to be in a group called Ummah, pushing for a separatist or separate Islamic nation in the U.S.

    CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009 2009

  • Makmood and Majid spent lots of time in Kabul, running a charity called Ummah Tummir-e Nau.

    CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2002 2002

  • Of particular concern to the US was a network of nuclear scientists and military officers called "Ummah Tameer Nau", which was set up "to assist in spreading the modern achievements of science and technology among Muslims".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • There is not one leader like Mandela who can rally this so-called Ummah behind a positive, constructive vision, around an agenda of hope, peace and progress.

    Hurriyet Dailynews 2010

  • The book calls the Ummah towards the Shar'i obligation of establishing the Khilafah in Pakistan as well as spreading it throughout the world.

    Khilafah.com - Building a global movement for Khilafah 2009

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