Mohammadanism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, Islam, Islamism - the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life; the predominant religion of northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Indonesia

religionist, religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity

Jihadist - a Muslim who is involved in a jihad

Shi'ite, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Shiite, Shiite Muslim - a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Sunni, Sunni Muslim, Sunnite - a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad

Moor - one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

assassin - a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terroriszed and killed Christian Crusaders

begum - a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan

Berber - a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa

calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah - the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"

fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician

hakim - a Muslim ruler or governor or judge

imam, imaum - (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide

mujahid - a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad

mujtihad - an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts

Mollah, Mulla, Mullah - a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque

Muslimah - a Muslim woman

Saracen - (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades

Sufi - a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran

Wahabi, Wahhabi - a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam; "Ossama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim"

Fatima, Fatimah - youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632)