Synonyms for islam
ɪsˈlɑm, -ˈlæm, ɪz-, ˈɪs ləm, ˈɪz-is·lam

Princeton's WordNet

1. Islam, Muslimismnoun

   the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion

   "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia"

2. Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimismnoun

   the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

   "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"

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1. islamnoun

   Synonyms:
   mahometanism, mohammedanism

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1. List of paraphrases for "islam":

   al-islam, islamism, islamic, 'islam, abad, muslim, aslam, islami, islamist

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How to use islam in a sentence?

1. David Thomas:

   This tends to support the view that the Quran that we now have is more or less very close indeed to the Quran as it was brought together in the early years of Islam.

2. Hussien Nasser:

   The biggest obstacle is the senior members of ISIS, who planted negative ideas about the concept of moderate Islam and made them criminals under the name of Islam.

3. President Francois Hollande:

   Islam is compatible with democracy and we should refuse any confusion (about this).

4. Akram Hussain:

   Some of these migrants are brainwashing the Kalash people. There have been several conversions to Islam this year alone.

5. Mina Thabet:

   We have five Coptic children charged with blasphemy andinsulting Islam, we still have other open cases where Christians are charged with inciting violence as if they were the perpetrators, but where they were the victims.