Moslem

Dated Islamic term

Moslem is an older English spelling of Muslim, a follower of Islam.

The spelling reflects an earlier transliteration from Arabic that has fallen out of favor.

Muslim is now standard in English, and Moslem may strike readers as dated or insensitive.

The Moslem population of the city grew rapidly in the nineteenth century.

religion

Quran

Islam's central scripture

  • AllahArabic name for God
  • MeccaIslam's most sacred city
  • MedinaSacred Arabian burial site

Muhammad · Kaaba · mosque · minaret · Hajj · Sharia · Sunnah · Hadith · Sufism · Caliphate

practice

prayer

Address to deity

  • salatIslamic obligatory prayer
  • fastingDeliberate food avoidance
  • zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation

Hajj · pilgrimage · ablution · prostration · Friday · dawn · recitation · supplication · congregation · pillar

archaic

Mohammedan

Outdated term for Islamic

outdated · spelling · variant · historical · British · dated

identity

hijab

Muslim woman's headscarf

  • niqabVeil concealing the face
  • burqaFull-body covering with mesh
  • kufiRounded brimless African cap

thobe · abaya · beard · modest · observant · devout · convert · revert · diaspora · minority

Opposites
religious identity

MoslemChristian

Adherent of the gospel

infidel · kafir · Jew · polytheist · pagan

belief vs non-belief

Moslematheist

One denying gods exist

non-believer · secularist · agnostic · irreligious · godless

orthographic convention

MoslemMuslim

Adherent of Islam

Family

Islam, Muslim, Islamic, Muslims, Islamist, Islamism, Islamists

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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