How to Use Islam in a Sentence

Islam

noun
  • In Islam, salvation is earned through one’s own hard work.
    Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 2023-06-12
  • There's a map behind us which shows sort of the influence of Islam.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 2024-09-26
  • Fasting during the month is one of Islam's five pillars.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 2023-04-13
  • Muslims must overcome the fear that joining hands with others will erase their Islam.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Hajj, one of Islam’s five pillars, is required once in a lifetime for those able to perform it.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 2025-06-04
  • Hezbollah is a group from the Shia branch of Islam, while Hamas is Sunni.
    Cnn Staff, CNN, 2023-10-19
  • The holiday marks the end of Ramadan, Islam's holy month of fasting.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2024-04-10
  • Sweden attempted to ban the public burning of Islam’s holy book, but a court overturned the ban.
    Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 2023-07-05
  • The holiday marks the end of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 2024-04-10
  • Toward the end of the compilation the men are asked if killing women and children is allowed in Islam.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 2023-10-26
  • Christmas meant something even for the Muslims waiting here, since Christ is revered in Islam.
    John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 2024-12-22
  • His three roommates were part of the group when one of them, Devon Arthurs, left and converted to Islam.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 2025-02-04
  • Al Aqsa is the third-holiest site in Islam, located in an area also sacred to Jews.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2023-06-13
  • The singer-songwriter changed his name and converted to Islam in the late 1970s.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 2025-04-10
  • The task is just to see us as regular and not being defined by Islam or the Middle East or some sort of war.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 2023-05-25
  • Sunni and Shia Muslims, the two main sects of Islam, observe Ramadan.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2025-02-28
  • According to Islam, fasting draws the faithful closer to God and reminds them of the suffering of the poor.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 2025-03-01
  • Islam was promoted to NYPD detective at his funeral.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Islam was married and has two young children, per Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who added that his wife is pregnant with their third kid.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 29 July 2025
  • Growing up in Wayne County a daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Ameera Hashwi learned about Islam through her parents.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Four people were killed, including police officer Didarul Islam, and another was wounded before Tamura took his own life, police said.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The shooting comes just weeks after NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was shot dead inside a Manhattan building along with three other victims.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The key to understanding it, therefore, lies not in queries into the soul of the Iranian nation or the nature of Islam but in studying who did what in the crucial months leading to February 11, 1979.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The company already works with Southeast Asian clients like Bank Islam, Malaysia’s largest provider of shariah-compliant financial products, and Bank Jago, an Indonesian digital bank.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Officer Didarul Islam of the New York City Police Department was killed on Monday, July 28, in a shooting at a Manhattan skyscraper.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Muhammad Mainul Islam, who identified himself as Didarul Islam’s cousin, told NBC News the officer was dedicated to providing for his family and raising his children.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Imbued in the theological underpinnings of the Abrahamic traditions is the archetype of a false messiah who appears near the end times, called Dajjal in Islam, Antichrist in Christianity, who for some will seem a saviour, but for others will herald destruction.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Islam was 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh and a 3½-year veteran with the NYPD, Adams said during a press briefing at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan last month.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Islam Makhachev Opening Betting Odds And Line Movement BetOnline had a betting line on the UFC 322 main event in May after White announced the potential fight.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Led by Walluk, the team of staff engineers includes Ryan Parsons, Nick Spears, Sri Priya Das, Ronald Holding and Christopher Piggot as well as associate research professor Abu Islam.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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