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Muslim

[muhz-lim, mooz-, moos-] / ˈmʌz lɪm, ˈmʊz-, ˈmʊs- /
NOUN
adherent of Islam
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The drop has been especially sharp in places where the party was previously strongest and in wards where many people identify as Muslim.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Muslims ruled large parts of India from the early 13th to the 19th century, and during this era Muslim preachers and Sufi mystics actively proselytized for Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She grew up in Orange County, a Muslim American with a father who immigrated from Pakistan and a mother who came from Myanmar when she was a teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The head of New York’s leading free-market think tank is, like the mayor, a young Muslim man of South Asian heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Like how three brothers who are adopted by three different families—one Muslim, one Hindu, and one Christian—could discover each other as grown-ups and team up to save a woman who gets kidnapped.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan