Sentences with phrase «islamic umma»

This is precisely because «Islamic umma» is not «an imagined community» equivalent of any nation - state; it «is ideologically not «a society» onto which state, economy and religion can be mapped» as it is «neither limited nor sovereign», and «can eventually embrace all of humanity» (Asad 2003: 197 — 198).

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It's inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause the entire umma [Islamic world] to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world.