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  2. Islamic religious leaders - Wikipedia

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    Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha

  3. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    The Mahdi is the greatest teacher, the Messiah of the Islamic World, and the Maitreya of Buddhism. Makhdoom: Marabout: A spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and Maghreb, The word comes from the Berber concept of Saint. The "marabout" is known as "Sayyed" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians. Marja

  4. Mullah - Wikipedia

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    Mullah (/ ˈ m ʌ l ə, ˈ m ʊ l ə, ˈ m uː l ə /) is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and mosque leaders. [1] The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.

  5. Daayiee Abdullah - Wikipedia

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    Daayiee Abdullah (Arabic: داعي عبد الله, born Sidney Thompson) [1] [2] is an American Imam based in Washington, D.C. [1] [3] [4] Abdullah is said to be one of five openly gay Imams in the world (the others being Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed of France, El-Farouk Khaki of Toronto's el-Tawhid Juma Circle/The Unity Mosque, and Nur Warsame of Australia).

  6. List of American Muslims - Wikipedia

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    Warith Deen Mohammed – former leader of the largest Muslim organization, the American Society of Muslims (son of Nation of Islam leader) [151] [152] [153] Abdul Malik Mujahid – Imam, community activist supporting interfaith and progressive causes, president of Sound Vision [154] Louay M. Safi – Muslim scholar [155] Zaid Shakir – Muslim ...

  7. Sheikh - Wikipedia

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    Sheikh Ali Ayanle Samatar, a prominent Somali Islamic scholar. In the Muslim parts of the Horn of Africa, "shaikh" is often used as a noble title. In Somali society, it is reserved as an honorific for senior Muslim leaders and clerics (wadaad), and is often abbreviated to "Sh". [10]

  8. Muslim In America - The Huffington Post

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    The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.

  9. Ahmadiyya in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmadi Muslims offered the first multi-racial community experience for African American Muslims, [37] which included elements of Indian culture and Pan-Africanism. [57] Over the late 20th century, the Ahmadiyya influence on African American Islam subsided to a degree. The Community did not draw as many followers as it did in its early history.