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Pan-Islam

noun
\¦pan+\
variants: or Pan-Islamism \"+ \
plural -s

Definition of Pan-Islam 

: a political movement launched in Turkey at the end of the 19th century by Sultan Abdul-Hamid II for the purpose of combating the process of westernization and fostering the unification of Islam

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History and Etymology for Pan-Islam

pan- + islam or islamism

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