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What (who) is mullah - definition
NAME COMMONLY GIVEN TO LOCAL ISLAMIC CLERICS OR MOSQUE LEADERS
Mollah; Mullahs; Muslim clergy; Damolla; Mollahs
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Mullah
·noun ·see Mollah.
mullah
(mullahs)
A mullah is a Muslim who is a religious teacher or leader.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE
mullah
['m?l?, 'm?l?]
¦ noun a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law.
Origin
C17: from Pers., Turk., and Urdu mulla, from Arab. mawla.
Wikipedia
Mullah
Mullah (; Persian: ملا, romanized: Mollā) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.
The title has also been used in some Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish communities to refer to the community's leadership, especially religious leadership.
Examples of use of mullah
1. Others seem to have difficulty calling a mullah a mullah.
2. They have been named as Mullah Jahangir and Mullah Mohid.
3. "That is not true." "The government was claiming that it had surrounded Mullah Dadullah, Mullah Brother, Mullah Adbul Hanan, Mullah Abdul Basir and Mullah Abdul Hakim and that they would soon arrest or kill them," he said.
4. Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ishaq Paiman identified the others as Mullah Abdul Hakim, Mullah Abdul Hanan and Mullah Abdul Basir.
5. There was Mullah Abdul Shukur, the Taleban governor of Kandahar; Mullah Kamran, the chief of police; Mullah Baaz Mohammad, chief of intelligence; Mullah Sayed Wali, head of the bank, Mullah Qader, commander of the air force, and Mullah Mohib, commander from Spin Boldak.» Mullah Shukur’s son buried him along with 14 others in Khakrez on June 22, Naibi added.