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What does ulema mean?

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Noun
  1. plural of alim; The guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.
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Western colonial governments of old had to look out for rebellions fomented by the ulema.
He was the most tolerant of all the potential candidates and because of this he also went afoul with the ulema.
But the well-meaning ulema paid dearly for this good counsel.
To pacify the ulema, always wary of any rival forum, this initial gathering consisted entirely of men who were clerics.
As elsewhere in the Muhammadan world, the most powerful class was that of the ulema, or learned men.
Legal professionals trained in modern law schools have largely replaced traditional ulema as interpreters of the resulting laws.

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