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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 873 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ISLAM , an Arabic word meaning " pious submission to the will of See also: GOD God," the name of the See also: RELIGION RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM religion of the orthodox Mahommedans, and hence used, generically, for the whole See also: BODY body of See also: MAHOMMEDAN Mahommedan peoples . End of Article: ISLAM
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