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Muslim

[muhz-lim, mooz-, moos-] / ˈmʌz lɪm, ˈmʊz-, ˈmʊs- /
NOUN
adherent of Islam
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Fez, for example, is a favourite destination for many Senegalese Muslim followers of Tidianism, an influential brotherhood in Senegal whose founder, Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane, is buried there.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Lesbian and Gay History and Muslim Masculinities, absorbing everything my instructors had to say about “queerness”—until I learned what they actually meant by the term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The four-way meeting between the top diplomats of the Muslim nations lasted several hours in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

India no longer has royals and Awadh, once a princely state ruled by semi-autonomous Muslim nawabs, now exists only as a historical region in central Uttar Pradesh.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“Like there are no Muslim vegetarians in the world.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali