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: an adherent of Islam
2
Muslim
adjective
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Just last month, Islamist ADF terrorists, who want the eastern part of the country to become a Muslim Caliphate, rounded up 70 Christians and beheaded them – in a church.
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Miami Herald Lauren Costantino is a religion reporter for the Miami Herald funded with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and from donors comprising the South Florida Jewish and Muslim Communities, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Hamas, which grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, was founded in the late 1980s and is dedicated to resisting the Israeli state.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
And in December, under the Biden Administration, UC reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to resolve nine open investigations over anti-Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab discrimination allegations.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Miami Herald Lauren Costantino is a religion reporter for the Miami Herald funded with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and from donors comprising the South Florida Jewish and Muslim Communities, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Hamas, which grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, was founded in the late 1980s and is dedicated to resisting the Israeli state.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
And in December, under the Biden Administration, UC reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to resolve nine open investigations over anti-Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab discrimination allegations.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Muslim. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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