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mullah
Mullah Abdul Salam switched allegiance to the Afghan government in December 2007.
From the voanews.com
Mullah Abdul Salam is now 42 years old and was born in a village near Kandahar.
From the theatlantic.com
The mullah now holds a more pivotal position than the traditional tribal chief.
From the toledoblade.com
Mullah Fazlullah, leader of the local Taliban chapter, used to work the chairlift.
From the time.com
Mullah Abdulsamata Khaksar has been waiting months for the CIA to talk to him.
From the time.com
He was reportedly a mullah at a village madrasah near the Afghan city of Kandahar.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Palin is so extreme in her views that she may as well be a mullah in a dress.
From the time.com
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's former deputy leader, has not been freed.
From the independent.co.uk
Mullah Omar and his men are clearly able to move with ease in their home territory.
From the time.com
- A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque
- Mullah (/u02C8mu028Clu0259, u02C8mu028Alu0259, u02C8muu02D0lu0259/; Arabic: u0645u0644u0627u200Eu200E, Kurdish: Melleu200E, Persian: u0645u0644u0627u200Eu200E, Turkish: Molla, Albanian: Mullah) is derived from the Quranic term Mawla. However, used ambiguously in the Quran, some publishers have described its usage as a religious title as inappropriate. The term is sometimes applied to a Muslim man or woman, educated in Islamic theology and sacred law...
- A Muslim religious scholar and teacher
- (Mullahs) Local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid Empire; agents of Safavid religious campaign to convert all of population to Shi'ism. (p. 624)
- Islamic cleric; title of respect.
- A Muslim teacher or interpreter of the religious law: used as a general title of respect for a learned man.
- In Sunni Islam, a mullah is a scholar who is learned in the Sharia.
- Generic term for a member of the Islamic clergy; usually refers to a preacher or other low-ranking cleric who has not earned the right to interpret religious laws.
- The definition can vary regionally. For Afghanistan, Ahmed Rashid's Taliban defines it as the traditional prayer leader at a local mosque.
