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umma::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | islam nation, islamic ummah, muslim ummah, ummah |
| Type of | community |
Examples of umma
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He talks about the umma, which means the Islamic community.
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Will the great e-umma persecute any Christians online?
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Umma Aman said she wanted to die for her God.
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In Islamic tradition, they argue, the ambitions of any individual are set aside for the common good of the umma, or community.
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Umma remains a distant, unfulfilled promise, as Iranians grapple with unemployment, rural migration to the cities, rampant corruption, and self-destructive domestic and foreign policies.
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It was partly filled by political Islamism, with its dream not merely of a single Arab state but of a united Islamic society or umma, run along the guidelines of Islamic law.
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- Ummah: the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan; "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"
- Umma (modern Tell Jokha, Dhi Qar Governorate) was an ancient city in Sumer. Note that there is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site.
- UMMAS (Unity Ministers of the Mid-Atlantic States) is a voluntary association of Unity Ministers, Spiritual Leaders, and their spouses/partners in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. ...
- Literally means, "community"; the entire community of Muslims throughout the world
- Modern Tell Jokha; temple city of Shara; Sumerian city-state; NNW of Nasiriyah. (Mes.)
- The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. (p. 231)
- The world or family of Islam, God s kingdom visible on earth. Islam says that the whole world society should be under Umma, the umbrella of Islamic culture and that it is the sole religion of culture.
- "One of the brotherhood of prophets; a term of scorn in the Imperium, meaning any 'wild' person given to fanatical prediction."^[3]
- (or Ummah): Large community; Nation.
