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'''Ummah''' (أمة) is an [[Arabic]] word meaning "community" or "nation".<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ummah ummah]." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 15 Aug. 2011.</ref> In [[Islam]] the word is used to refer to the collective worldwide body of Muslim believers,<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ummah ummah]." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 15 Aug. 2011.</ref> including both the Muslim population of [[Dar al-Islam]] and the Muslim population of [[Dar al-Harb]] who are living outside the lands where Islam rules. The leader of the ummah is known as the [[Caliph]]. | '''Ummah''' (أمة) is an [[Arabic]] word meaning "community" or "nation".<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ummah ummah]." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 15 Aug. 2011.</ref> In [[Islam]] the word is used to refer to the collective worldwide body of Muslim believers,<ref>"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ummah ummah]." Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. 15 Aug. 2011.</ref> including both the Muslim population of [[Dar al-Islam]] and the Muslim population of [[Dar al-Harb]] who are living outside the lands where Islam rules. The leader of the ummah is known as the [[Caliph]]. | ||
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Ummah (أمة) is an Arabic word meaning "community" or "nation".[1] In Islam the word is used to refer to the collective worldwide body of Muslim believers,[2] including both the Muslim population of Dar al-Islam and the Muslim population of Dar al-Harb who are living outside the lands where Islam rules. The leader of the ummah is known as the Caliph.