Vi fant 4 definisjoner av islam på engelsk.
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| Islam - the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" | ||
| Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism | ||
| monotheism belief in a single God | ||
| mahdism belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi | ||
| salafi movement, salafism a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world | ||
| shiism the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs | ||
| wahabism, wahhabism a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia; "Osama bin Laden and his followers practice Wahhabism" | ||
| Islam - the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia" | ||
| Muslimism | ||
| civilisation, civilization a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization" | ||
