Synonyms for imam
ɪˈmɑm; ɪˈmɑm, ɪˈmɔmimam

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1. imam, imaumnoun

   (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide

   Synonyms:
   imaum

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1. • Muslim
   • Leader

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1. List of paraphrases for "imam":

   magnet, amama, imams, ahead, iman, forward, before

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1. Cheryl Irving:

   Muharram is a Shi’a cultural observation marking the death of Imam Hussein, this year it falls between Tuesday October 13 and Thursday November 12.

2. David Rubincam:

   David Rubincam remains certain about the radical motivation of the then-imam from Mohamed Ibrahim. David Rubincam’s an extremist religious zealot of the worst kind … David Rubincam went to the University of al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia. David Rubincam was educated as an Islamic religious scholar. mohamed Ibrahim was over here to raise money through the Hawala system of -- of money transfer to fund them overseas and to recruit people to their cause to actually go back to Somalia to take up arms or go into Ethiopia and take up arms.

3. Sayed Sarwar Hussaini:

   Right now heavy fighting is ongoing in Khanabad, Chardara and at Imam Saheb, the main entrances to the city, we have enough forces and will drive them out soon.

4. Ilya Feoktistov:

   We knew he was a prominent Imam in the Boston Muslim community.

5. Sayed Sarwar Hussaini:

   The Taliban have made some gains in Imam Saheb where we had fewer checkpoints. Now, we have a defensive line where we can prevent the Taliban from moving forward.