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: an adherent of Islam
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Muslim
adjective
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Doha has used this extraordinary wealth to carve out a central role in world affairs by funding the Muslim Brotherhood, a global Islamist movement that Hamas belongs to, and weaponizing Al Jazeera, a multi-lingual international TV channel.
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Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Unusually for a Muslim, Nasrallah was not buried immediately after his death.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Trump has put Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman and Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, in charge of Arab and Muslim outreach alongside Richard Grinnell, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, who has been floated as a potential secretary of State.
—Yash Roy, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
Like the rise in hate crimes faced by Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian Americans following the 2001 terrorist attacks, violence against Black Americans skyrocketed in the wake of Trump’s election.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Unusually for a Muslim, Nasrallah was not buried immediately after his death.
—Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Trump has put Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman and Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, in charge of Arab and Muslim outreach alongside Richard Grinnell, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, who has been floated as a potential secretary of State.
—Yash Roy, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
Like the rise in hate crimes faced by Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian Americans following the 2001 terrorist attacks, violence against Black Americans skyrocketed in the wake of Trump’s election.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Muslim. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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