e/Teachers in Islam

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has gloss	eng: There are many concepts of teachers in Islam. Islam is, in contrast to many westerners understanding, an explicitly non-hierarchical spiritual community, but the concepts and names for spiritual teachers and secular functions are often mixed and confused: * The Marja is a label used by the Shia community, meaning source to follow. * Allamah is the most respected of the Marjas are entitled Allamah. This Persian name for Teacher is also used by some Sunnis to denote a teacher of extraordinary respect. * Ulema/Ulama is the title that indicates that the teacher has come to awareness of the consensus, the ijma, of the Umma. Umma is the universal community of all the children of God as understood by the Muslim community (cf. Sangha, Ecclesia) * Mufti is a guide on the Path to the Source of living Water (the divine sharia law) is called Mufti.
lexicalization	eng: Teachers in Islam
instance of	e/List of educators