imam
Islamic leadership position
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Summary
imam is an Islamic religious occupation[1]. imam draws 12,368 Wikipedia views per month (islamic religious occupation category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Instance of: title of honor[4], male occupation[5]
- Subclass of: religious leader[6], Islamic cleric[7]
- Part of: Muslim clergy[8]
- Commons category: Imams[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Imams[10]
- ISCO-88 occupation class: 2460[11]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[12], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
- Partially coincident with: Muslim minister[18]
- Native label: إِمَام[19], اِمام[20], امام[21], imam[22], اِمَام[23]
- Female form of label: imame[24], Imamin[25], imamino[26], إمامة[27]
- Male form of label: إمام[28], imam[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Islam[31], WikiProject Arabic names[32]
- ISCO-08 occupation class: 2636[33]
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Influence
Things named for imam include The Imam[34], a television series[35].
Why It Matters
imam has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] imam is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for imam include The Imam[34], a television series[35].