ULEMA Synonyms

• (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

• a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law

• civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

• a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque

• a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

• someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

• a student who holds a scholarship

• someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology

• the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community