aggression hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
hostility ill will | a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition, he could not conceal his hostility |
pillar of Islam | (Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims |
irrational hostility | extreme prejudice |
Islamophobia | prejudice against Muslims, Muslim intellectuals are afraid of growing Islamophobia in the West |
Islam Islamism Mohammedanism Muhammadanism Muslimism | the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran, Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion, the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion |
hostility enmity ill will | the feeling of a hostile person, he could no longer contain his hostility |
Ansar al Islam Ansar al-Islam Supporters of Islam | a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States, some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan, said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein |
Jund-ul-Islam Soldiers of God | an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations, believed to have ties with al-Qaeda |
Islam Muslimism | the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion, Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia |
Shiah Shia Shiah Islam | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, mainly in Iran |
Sunni Sunni Islam | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam |
Ummah Umma Muslim Ummah Islamic Ummah Islam Nation | the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan, moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims |
Nation of Islam | a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans |
Dar al-Islam House of Islam | areas where Muslims are in the majority |
hostility enmity antagonism | a state of deep-seated ill-will |
latent hostility tension | feelings of hostility that are not manifest, he could sense her latent hostility to him, the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions |