Sentence examples for noted ulama from inspiring English sources

A witness for the prosecution, noted ulama and writer Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (Hamka), testified that a depiction of Allah wearing glasses implied that Allah was imperfect, as opposed to the personifications cited by Jassin, which were based on man's love for Allah.

Both men can call on tens of millions of supporters.About a third of Indonesia's 210m people are supporters of two huge religious organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, though it should be noted that they are followers, not paid-up members.

Participants noted that the vaccine must have the official label from the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI).

"[The imams] understand our angle to this story," says Dikko, noting that religious authorities, including the ulama council – comprised of imams who officially oversee Muslim affairs in the city – have welcomed dialogue with hospital staff and public health groups about how women in their communities can give birth more safely.

He had the support of most of the higher ulama.

He was chairman of Majelis Ulama Indonesia, the country's council of Islamic leaders, and supreme leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, the world's largest Muslim organization.

Some scholars have thought it to mean the Prophet's contemporaries and others the Ulama.

Increasingly, the laws were administered in new state courts, outside the control of the ulama.

For a Muslim ulama, or priest-scholar, his appetite for smut was remarkable.

The traditionalist Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), with 40m-50m members, is strongest in the countryside.

His status as leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama was inherited from his father and grandfather.