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Pan-Islamism
[ pan-is-lah-miz-uhm, -iz-, -is-luh-miz-, -iz- ]
noun
- the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
Other Words From
- Pan-Is·lam·ic [pan-is-, lam, -ik, -, lah, -mik, -iz-], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Pan-Islamism1
Example Sentences
“The entire idea of national pride in Saudi Arabia was about Pan-Islamism,” he said, explaining that Saudi Arabia was to be celebrated not as a nation-state but as the land of Islam’s two holiest mosques — in Mecca and Medina — and as the heart of a larger Islamic community.
The greater the number of people, the bigger the area, the greater the leverage – and a desperate attempt to hold on to the pan-Islamism and pan-Arabism of yesteryear.
Never known to mince words, he saw himself as an ideologue and geostrategist who believed in pan-Islamism and supported Muslim separatist movements, especially in neighboring India.
If pan-Islamism was Saudi Arabia’s antidote to the threat of Arab nationalism in a previous era, what is Saudi Arabia’s strategy today to fight IS?
A man of flexible political allegiances and fond of the Koranic maxim “God does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition,” he became an early apostle of pan-Islamism.
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