Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Islam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Islam \Is"lam\, n. [Ar. isl[=a]m obedience to the will of God,
submission, humbling one's self, resigning one's self to the
divine disposal. Cf. {Moslem}.]
1. The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism.
Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and
Mohammed is his prophet.
2. The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they
occupy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Islam
n 1: Muslims collectively and their civilization; based on a
monotheistic religion believing that Mohammed was the
last and major prophet of God; "the term Mohammedanism
is offensive to Muslims" [syn: {Islam}, {Islamism}, {Muslimism},
{Mohammedanism}, {Mohammadanism}]
2: the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the Koran
[syn: {Islam}, {Islamism}, {Mohammedanism}, {Muhammadanism},
{Muslimism}]
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