Muslim Community and Polity, or Ummah

Recep  Senturk

Muslim Community and Polity, or Ummah

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Ummah literally means community at varying scales, ranging from the followers of a particular Prophet to humanity as a whole. Even the different species of animals form an ummah similar to human commu-nities, according to the Qur'an, because they also exhibit communal organization (6:38). Similar to the millah (the religious community), the ummah is a community that derives its identity from a commonly shared religion, transcending regional, ethnic, and racial allegiances. Each Prophet had an ummah
made up of people whom he was charged by God to invite to the divine message, whether they accepted him as a Messenger of God or not.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Medieval Islamic civilization, an encyclopedia
Publisher	Routledge
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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