Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The worldwide community of Muslims.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
ummah .
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- noun the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
Etymologies
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Examples
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The umma is the true master of this discipline and has been for 1400 years.
_Politik 2009
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You simply have to laugh at the moral hypocrisy of the Islamic world and "umma".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Its manifesto declares that it is part of a worldwide Muslim "umma" or community linked by radical Shia fundamentalism.
Eric L. Lewis: The Struggle for Muslim Minds in Lebanon 2009
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The "umma" and Islamic nations are totally silent despite the genocide going on.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The government needs to start understanding how the middle east operates and the inner workings of the Muslim world and the "umma".
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Dr Andrew Bostom writes, "And establishing global Sharia is a VERY popular view within the Muslim" umma "as I have discussed earlier: Overwhelming Muslim majorities i.e., better than two-thirds (see the weighted average calculated here) of a well-conducted survey of the world's most significant, and populous Arab and non-Arab Muslim countries, want these hideous, immoderate outcomes:" strict application "of Shari'a, Islamic Law, and a global Caliphate.
Atlas Shrugs 2009
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Qadri opines that, the problem of terrorism has been bringing the Muslim umma and Pakistan in particular into disrepute, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims opposes and condemns terrorism in unequivocal terms.
Kemal Argon: Who's Really Behind The Fatwa Against Terrorism And Suicide Bombings? Kemal Argon 2012
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Islamofascist Terrorists kill because Allah commands them to kill all kafirs (non-believers in Allah) and even other Muslims who do NOT AGREE with their METHODS of eliminating all resistance to the umma (worldwide Islam).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Assassination, Self-Defense, and the Koh Speech 2010
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Fleeing persecution in Mecca in 622, he and the Muslim community the umma had migrated to Medina, 250 miles to the north.
Prejudices about Islam will be shaken by this show | Karen Armstrong 2012
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Qadri opines that, the problem of terrorism has been bringing the Muslim umma and Pakistan in particular into disrepute, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims opposes and condemns terrorism in unequivocal terms.
Kemal Argon: Who's Really Behind The Fatwa Against Terrorism And Suicide Bombings? Kemal Argon 2012
chained_bear commented on the word umma
"People find many things in their religions—a sense of purpose and metaphysical explanations for human suffering, for example. They may also find a sense of community—the umma of Islam or the neighborliness of a small-town church."
—Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2006), 256
March 18, 2009