Here are entered works on the concept of the Islamic community of believers as a whole, which transcends ethnic or political boundaries, and sometimes includes the idea of an Islamic state ruled by Islamic law.

URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh97000155#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: Umma (Islam)

Broader Terms:

• Islam

Related Terms:

• Islam and state

Sources:

• Work cat.: 91-941429: Djaka Soetapa. Concept of the Ummah according to the glorious Qurʾān in the context of Indonesian Society, 1991.
• Glassé, C. Concise encyc. Islam, 1991.
• Shorter. Encyc. Islam (Umma)
• Peters. Allah's Commonwealth: pp. 61-63 (Ummah)
• Rosenthal. Political thought in Medieval Islam, 1962: p. 22ff (Umma)

Created: 1997-01-06

Last Modified: 1997-02-03 15:58:20

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