(n.) The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.
(n.) The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(2) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
(3) There is precedent in Islamic law for saving the life of the mother where there is a clear choice of allowing either the fetus or the mother to survive.
(4) But the comments of myself and others that I have seen have not criticised Islam but those who seek to hijack and misrepresent Islam,” he said.
(5) Just before Christmas the independent Kerslake report severely criticised Birmingham city council for its dysfunctional politics and, in particular, its handling of the so-called Trojan Horse affair, in which school governors were said to have set out to bring about an Islamic agenda into the curriculum contents and the day-to-day running of some schools.
(6) Third, the appropriation of these symbolic forms of society, self, and the emotions by the current Iranian Islamic state and the role of the state in defining the meaning and legitimacy of emotions and their expression is analyzed.
(7) To comply with these rules, interest is not paid on Islamic savings or current accounts, or charged on Islamic mortgages.
(8) Moallem’s news conference came a day after jihadis captured a major military air base in north-eastern Syria, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the Islamic State group.
(9) Germany’s parliament has thrown its weight behind the European campaign against Islamic State , voting with a solid majority in favour of deploying military personnel to Syria in a non-combat role.
(10) The guy upstairs, I heard he was maybe affiliated with Islamic Jihad, but he wasn't there.
(11) Roshan was the latest victim in what is widely seen as a covert war against the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.
(12) The Pentagon leadership suggested to a Senate panel on Tuesday that US ground troops may directly join Iraqi forces in combat against the Islamic State (Isis), despite US president Barack Obama’s repeated public assurances against US ground combat in the latest Middle Eastern war.
(13) Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani held the first direct talks between American and Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exchanging pleasantries in a 15-minute telephone call on Friday that raised the prospect of relief for Tehran from crippling economic sanctions.
(14) Conservative MP George Christensen has been forced to back down after suggesting an incident at a Sydney police station was a “failed terrorism attack” and linking it to radical Islamism.
(15) A family who live next door to the Bredon Croft address said Masood used to turn up in Islamic dress and take their neighbours’ children to a mosque, though they did not know which one.
(16) It argues that Saudi Islamic charitable groups have tended to fund Wahhabist ideology.
(17) We have an operation an hour away on the border and the barrel bombs cause horrific injuries.” Islamic Relief and MSF said the health system in Syria is decimated and the need for reconstructive surgery and burns treatment is enormous.
(18) Unfortunately it was the Arab spring that failed , and the rise of Islamic State was one of the results.
(19) It is one of the largest cities held by Islamic State militants and lies on the road connecting Baghdad to Mosul.
(20) His comments come the day after David Cameron revealed that an unprecedented aerial strike in Syria had killed two Britons fighting alongside Islamic State (Isis).
Shiite
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Shiah
Example Sentences:
(1) As president, I would demand that Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government grant greater autonomy to Sunnis, and would provide direct military support to Sunnis and the Kurds if Baghdad fails to support them” he said.
(2) There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but such attacks are the hallmark of al-Qaida militants seeking to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led government.
(3) One day after returning to his country after more than 20 years in exile in Iran, the leader of Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim group, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, denounced the US-led occupation forces and demanded they pull out and allow the Iraqi people to establish their own government.
(4) And in contrast to the Shiite-led government in Baghdad, which is in turmoil, the Kurds are growing more confident, vowing to increase oil sales independent of the central government.
(5) He adds: "There is a polarization returning between the Shiites and the Sunnis ... and it's spreading."
(6) Iraqi security forces, backed by Iranian-supported Shiite militias, launched a large-scale offensive to recapture Tikrit earlier this month.
(7) The Hb F levels of the patients were in general higher than African origin SS anaemia patients but lower than the Shiite Saudi Arabians.
(8) Hezbollah's participation in the civil war in Syria is highly divisive and unpopular in Lebanon , where many feel it has deviated from its original purpose of fighting Israel and that it has exposed the Shiite community to retaliation.
(9) Joyce later told ABC Radio that Shiites, Zoroastrians, and Jews in the region were also under threat from extremist, but it was “the reality [that] the future of Christianity in that area is over”.
(10) In addition to the 150 athletes, who included at least six international footballers, being targeted, six Shiite football clubs were fined $20,000 each and suspended from the domestic league.
(11) The IS statement, posted online shortly after the attack, said a car bomb and four IS fighters carried out the attack, targeting an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of “worse” to come.
(12) The Saudis executed a prominent Shiite cleric and then severed diplomatic relations with Iran this week after their embassy in Tehran was stormed by a mob protesting the death.
(13) The Saudis had spent a great deal of money exporting the fundamentalist or Salafi version of Sunni Islam, while Shiite Iran, still smarting from a calamitous war and humiliating armistice with Iraq, was keen to reassert its credentials as the vanguard of the Islamic revolution.
(14) U.S. officials said there was concern within the administration that pushing al-Maliki too hard might stiffen his resolve to stay in office and drive him closer to Iran, which is seeking to keep the Shiite leader in power.
(15) It is likely part of a complicated, three-way hostage swap last week brokered by Qatar and the Palestinian Authority during which Syrian rebels freed nine Lebanese Shiite Muslims while Lebanese gunmen released two Turkish pilots.
(16) Bahrain’s main Shiite opposition group has been dismantled .
(17) Bahrain, home to the US navy’s fifth fleet and an under-construction British naval base , is a predominantly Shiite island off the coast of Saudi Arabia ruled by a Sunni monarchy.
(18) Let us condemn incitement against Sufi Muslims and Shiite pilgrims," he told the UN.
(19) Some such attacks on Sunni targets are blamed on hard-line militants targeting rival Sunnis, but there are also indications that Shiite groups have started to retaliate, raising fears of a return to the widespread sectarian killing of 2006-07.
(20) Updated at 4.24pm BST 4.11pm BST "It is unclear whether Obama or other administration officials would publicly call for al-Maliki to resign," the Associated Press reports: U.S. officials said there is concern within the administration that pushing al-Maliki too hard might stiffen his resolve to stay in office and drive him closer to Iran, which is seeking to keep the Shiite leader in power.