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Pan–Islam
noun
\¦pan+\
variants: or
Pan{ndashIslamism
\"+\Definition of Pan–Islam
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: 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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Origin and Etymology of pan–islam
pan- + islam or islamism
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