All 50 Uses
Islam
in
I Am Malala
(Edited)
- Islam came to our valley in the eleventh century when Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni invaded from Afghanistan and became our ruler, but in ancient times Swat was a Buddhist kingdom.
p. 17.6Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- He told our people it was their duty to obey his government because it was pursuing Islamic principles.
p. 30.7Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- Many of our madrasas, or religious schools, were opened at that time, and in all schools religious studies, what we call deeniyat, was replaced by Islamiyat, or Islamic studies, which children in Pakistan still have to do today.
p. 31.5
- Our history textbooks were rewritten to describe Pakistan as a "fortress of Islam," which made it seem as if we had existed far longer than since 1947, and denounced Hindus and Jews.
p. 31.6Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- He made Afghanistan a rallying point not only for the West, which wanted to stop the spread of communism from the Soviet Union, but also for Muslims from Sudan to Tajikistan, who saw it as a fellow Islamic country under attack from infidels.
p. 32.7Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- It is said that one day a maulana called Sufi Mohammad came to the village and asked young men to join him to fight the Russians in the name of Islam.
p. 33.6Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- He found himself torn between the two extremes, secularism and socialism on one side and militant Islam on the other.
p. 35.4
- In my grandfather's Friday addresses he would talk about the poor and the landowners and how true Islam is against feudalism.
p. 38.1
- Benazir was our first female prime minister and the first in the Islamic world.
p. 44.9Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- My father also saw the book as offensive to Islam but suggested: "First, let's read the book and then why not respond with our own book."
p. 46.4Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- He ended by asking in a thundering voice my grandfather would have been proud of, "Is Islam such a weak religion that it cannot tolerate a book written against it?"
p. 46.5
- Not my Islam!
p. 46.6
- His name was Ghulamullah and he called himself a mufti, which means he is an Islamic scholar and authority on Islamic law, though my father complains that anyone with a turban can call himself a maulana or mufti.
p. 90.2Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- His name was Ghulamullah and he called himself a mufti, which means he is an Islamic scholar and authority on Islamic law, though my father complains that anyone with a turban can call himself a maulana or mufti.
p. 90.2
- The Quran teaches us sabar—patience—but often it feels that we have forgotten the word and think Islam means women sitting at home in purdah or wearing burcias while men do jihad.
p. 91.4Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- We have many strands of Islam in Pakistan.
p. 91.5 *
- The mufti looked down, embarrassed, because greeting someone properly is important in Islam.
p. 94.8
- The Muttahida Majlis e-Amal (MMA) alliance was a group of five religious parties including the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), which ran the madrasas where the Taliban were trained.
p. 96.7
- When the call came, my father and the Islamic studies teacher went out to confront him.
p. 98.1Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- To start with, the only rescue workers who came were a few from a locally based foreign aid agency and volunteers from the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Sharia-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) or Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law, the group founded by Sufi Mohammad that had sent men to fight in Afghanistan.
p. 105.3
- Most of the volunteers came from Islamic charities or organizations, but some of these were fronts for militant groups.
p. 106.1
- If we did not mend our ways and introduce sharia or Islamic law, they shouted in their thundering voices, more severe punishment would come.
p. 107.9
- He introduced himself as an Islamic reformer and an interpreter of the Quran.
p. 112.5
- Often he would weep as he spoke of his love for Islam.
p. 112.9Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- They liked his talk of bringing back Islamic law, as everyone was frustrated with the Pakistani justice system, which had replaced ours when we were merged into the country.
p. 113.5Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- Fazlullah hated the Bollywood movies we so loved, which he denounced as un-Islamic.
p. 114.2
- In our Islamic studies class at school we used to write essays entitled "How the Prophet (PBUH) Lived."
p. 116.3
- "If someone can show any example in history where Islam allows a female madrasa, they can come and piss on my beard," he said.
p. 118.2Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- "One good thing Fazlullah is doing is banning ladies and girls from going to the Cheena Bazaar, which is un-Islamic but also saves us men money," he said.
p. 120.4Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- Our provincial government was still made up of mullah parties who wouldn't criticize anyone who claimed to be fighting for Islam.
p. 121.5Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- You teach girls and have a uniform that is un-Islamic.
p. 121.9Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- It was signed, "Fedayeen of Islam."
p. 122.1Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- "To the Fedayeen of Islam [or Islamic sacrificers], this is not the right way to implement Islam," he wrote.
p. 122.6
- "To the Fedayeen of Islam [or Islamic sacrificers], this is not the right way to implement Islam," he wrote.
p. 122.6Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- "To the Fedayeen of Islam [or Islamic sacrificers], this is not the right way to implement Islam," he wrote.
p. 122.6Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- When Musharraf sent troops into the FATA, starting with Waziristan in 2004, the brothers led a campaign declaring the military action un-Islamic.
p. 126.8Islamic = related to the Muslim religion which is the second most practiced in the world
- The mosque also set up its own courts to dispense Islamic justice, saying the state had failed.
p. 127.2
- We used to have Islamic studies teachers—qari sahibs—who came to our home to teach the Quran to me and other local children.
p. 133.9
- She was not following Islam properly.
p. 134.5Islam = the Muslim religion; second most practiced religion in the world
- They told people that what was happening in Swat was not about Islam.
p. 140.1
- Sangota school has been there since the 1960s and never converted anyone to Christianity—in fact some of them converted to Islam.
p. 143.8
- He told them that nowhere in Islam is this required.
p. 149.1
- How will you accept Islam if I put a gun to your head and say Islam is the true religion?
p. 149.1
- How will you accept Islam if I put a gun to your head and say Islam is the true religion?
p. 149.1
- Even those who had defended Fazlullah at the start, believing his men were the real standard-bearers of Islam, and given him their gold, began to turn against him.
p. 149.4
- One target of the Taliban were non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, which they said were anti-Islam.
p. 151.4
- The Taliban bulldozed both our Pashtun values and the values of Islam.
p. 153.5
- Islam has given us this right and says that every girl and boy should go to school.
p. 154.6
- Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called for an inquiry and made a statement saying the flogging of the girl was against the teachings of Islam.
p. 170.8
- "Islam teaches us to treat women politely," he said.
p. 170.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(Islam) 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; the world's second most practiced religion
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)