noun A follower of the religion of Islam.
- Muslims around the world observe Ramadan with a month of fasting.
- At the end of the day, Jews and Muslims are cousins,” Alhomsi said.
— Brammhi Balarajan, US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War (2023)
adj Relating to Islam or its followers.
- Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election.
— Brammhi Balarajan, US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War (2023)
- The city is home to a large Muslim community and several historic mosques.
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
— Irene Silverblatt, Foreword (2009)
