Dar al-Islam
English
Alternative forms
- Dar ul-Islam
- Darul Islam
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دار الإسلام (“land of submission [to God]”).
Proper noun
Coordinate terms
- caliphate
- Dar al-'Ahd, Dar al-Sulh ("land of treaty", non-Muslim countries under a treaty with Islamic countries)
- Dar al-Harb ("land of war", countries hostile against Islam, or any non-Muslim countries by extension)
- harbi ("military", usually a non-Muslim who is not under Muslim rule)
- Islamistan (a specific Muslim country or state, sometimes a derogatory term)
- Nizam-e-Mustafa (an ideal Islamic society)
Related terms
See also
- Hindudom (Hindu world)
- Christendom (Christian world)
- Edom (in medieval times, a Jewish term referring to Christian countries)
- Jewry, Klal Yisrael (collective terms for Jewish people)