Muslims

Noun

Muslim (plural Muslims)

1. An adherent of Islam.
   • It was gouerned by Macuac, which conditioned with Amrus that euery Egyptian should pay an Egyptian peece of Gold, and to entertaine three dayes euery Muslim which passed that way.1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, fourth edition, page 1019: lines 19-21
2. A person who internalizes the Islamic cultural tradition, or way of thinking, as a frame of reference.
   • These secular Muslims, identified on the basis of cultural origin, are recognized neither by devout Muslims nor by average citizens or mainstream media in the West.2009, Haideh Moghissi, Saeed Rahnema, Mark Goodman, Diaspora by Design: Muslim Immigrants in Canada and Beyond, →ISBN, page 9
3. (historical) A member of a predominantly Muslim South Slavic ethnic group (usually a Bosniak), irrespective of actual religious beliefs (used historically in Yugoslavia but persisting to some degree in some former Yugoslav states).

   Synonyms:

   Abdul, asslifter, carpet kisser, children of Ishmael, goatfucker, hajji, Ishmaelite, Islamist, katwa, kebab

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