the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
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Several ulema came to stay in the Ribat of this peaceful city for contemplation.
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The qadis came from the ulema and represent the legal authority of the sultan.
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She gave celebrated public lectures to crowds of ulema, including al-Sakhawi.
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Opinions of the ulema, the leading religious authorities, are sought on major issues.
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The ulema insisted on their right to determine what was legal and orthodox.
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As such, he met many Afghan tribal leaders, commanders and ulema who remain active today.
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He would be considered a righteous caliph if he were guided by the ulema.
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Regardless, the ulema issued a fatwa allowing deadly force to be used in retaking the mosque.
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In 1825, a congress of ulema in the village of Yarag declared gazawat against the Russians.
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- The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
- Ulama (/u02C8uu02D0lu0259u02CCmu0251u02D0/; Arabic: u0639u0644u0645u0627u0621u200Eu200E u02BFUlamu0101u02BE, singular u0639u0627u0644u0650u0645 u02BFu0100lim, "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ulema; feminine: alimah (singular) and uluma (plural)), is defined as the "those recognized as scholars or authorities" in the "religious hierarchy" of the Islamic religious sciences. They are the guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam...
- The guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics
- The doctors of Muslim religious law, tradition, and theology.
- Arabic: Plural of aalem, which Arabic for "Islamic Scholar."
- Scholars or doctors of religion.
- A Zensunni doctor of theology.
- (sig. alim) scholars
