Muslimah
Woman of Islam
Muslimah is the feminine form of Muslim, referring specifically to a woman who practices Islam.
The Arabic feminine suffix *-ah* marks gender explicitly, though in English *Muslim* serves for all genders.
Muslimah appears most often in contexts emphasizing women's Islamic identity or experience: As a Muslimah, she found community at the mosque, Muslimah fashion bloggers.
Muslim woman's headscarf
- headscarfCloth worn over hair
- niqabVeil concealing the face
- abayaFull-body modest garment
- jilbabFull-body modest covering
khimar · chador · burqa · dupatta · shayla · modest fashion · modest wear · veil
Bond among women
- communityCollective of connected people
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- cultureCollective social practices
- traditionCustom passed through generations
modesty · dignity · respect · family · motherhood · marriage · revert · convert
Address to deity
- salahIslamic ritual prayer
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
Ramadan · hajj · pilgrimage · charity · zakat · piety · worship · Allah
Vigorous cause champion
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- scholarLearned, studious person
- leaderOne who guides others
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
entrepreneur · professional · pioneer · resilient · courageous · independent · confident · influential
hijab
Muslim woman's headscarf
jilbab · khimar · chador · burqa · dupatta · shayla · modest fashion · modest wear · veil · headwrap
sisterhood
Bond among women
- communityCollective of connected people
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- cultureCollective social practices
tradition · modesty · dignity · respect · family · motherhood · marriage · revert · convert · hijabi
prayer
Address to deity
fasting · Ramadan · hajj · pilgrimage · charity · zakat · piety · worship · Allah · spirituality
activist
Vigorous cause champion
educator · entrepreneur · professional · pioneer · resilient · courageous · independent · confident · influential · inspiring
- women's rolesmother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother
- Muslim communityAdherents of Islam collectively
- Muslim communitiesGroups practicing Islamic faith
- Muslim weddingIslamic marriage ceremony
- Muslim worldIslamic civilization collectively
- Muslim BrotherhoodTransnational Sunni Islamist organization
- Sunni MuslimsLargest Islamic branch