iˈsläm, izˈläm, -lam, -laa(ə)m, -lȧm, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ also ˈizləm or ˈisləm noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Arabic islām submission (to the will of God), from aslama to surrender
1. : the religious faith of Muslims who profess belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as the prophet of Allah
Islam … is the religion of judgment — J.E.Turner
Islam was a fellowship — J.C.Archer
2.
a. : the cultural system or civilization erected in history upon the foundations of Islamic religious faith
for nine centuries the Turks were the principal champions of Islam — Emil Lengyel
the grafting of the spirit of modern nationalism upon the ancient trunk of Islam — H.L.Hoskins
b. : the national political units of the modern world that share the Muslim religion
Islam is the principal problem of three hundred million people who might be … our friends — Mortimer Graves