flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

Ummah

en.wikipedia.org · 3,968 words · saved by 1 readers

Ummah (; Arabic: أمة [ˈʊmːæ]) is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from shaʻb (شعب [ʃæʕb]), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.

Ummah - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arabic term used to refer to the collective nation of Muslim people This article is about the Islamic concept. For the hip hop production collective, see The Ummah . Not to be confused with Umrah or Umma . Part of a series on Islamism Fundamentals Islam History Culture Economics Politics Variants Islamic democracy Deobandi movement Deobandi jihadism Erdoğanism Fascism Fundamentalism Feminism Khomeinism Liberalism Modernism Nationalism Qutbism Salafism Salafi jihadism International propagation By region Shia Islamism Social

Explore this link on the map →

related reading