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  • noun Plural form of iman.

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Examples

  • Thankfully even a deluded ignoramus like Jones, who calls imams "imans", couldn't withstand the weight of such powerful criticism and cancelled.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • And yet it is with these "imans" that he has been trying to negotiate a deal: scrap the plans for a mosque close to the site of Ground Zero in New York and he will definitely stop the burning.

    Telegraph Major News 2010

  • But Jones, who repeatedly called both Muslim leaders "imans," said today that he confirmed the exchange several times with Musri Thursday and that the two men were clear on the proposal that he thought would "make everyone happy."

    ABC News: Top Stories 2010

  • That said, he would not be out of place - our jails are full of Muslims and their is halal meat and imans on hand.

    Remember this coverage Not a sheep 2009

  • Pitted against the hustle bustle of the souk adjacent to the exhibition spaces and of the pedestrian traffic out there on Corniche Road rests the spiritual stillness of each gallery, each room, each courtyard, not to mention the incense at the front desk, and, further afield, the omnipresent Gaudi-esque mosques with invisible imans that invoke their awe-inspiring Calls to Prayer.

    James Scarborough: A Meta-Narrative for the "Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot For A Biennial," Sharjah, United Arab Emirates James Scarborough 2011

  • Pitted against the hustle bustle of the souk adjacent to the exhibition spaces and of the pedestrian traffic out there on Corniche Road rests the spiritual stillness of each gallery, each room, each courtyard, not to mention the incense at the front desk, and, further afield, the omnipresent Gaudi-esque mosques with invisible imans that invoke their awe-inspiring Calls to Prayer.

    James Scarborough: A Meta-Narrative for the "Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot For A Biennial," Sharjah, United Arab Emirates James Scarborough 2011

  • Politicians ought not involve themselves with matters of the pulpit; pastors, preachers, priests, imans, rabbis ought not presume to involve themselves in politics, especially insofar as they attempt to influence their flocks.

    McCain rejects endorsement of a second controversial pastor 2008

  • Today, after a few short months, we have close to 200 programs with prominent imans twinning with prominent rabbis throughout America and Europe.

    Russell Simmons: True Patriots Are Not Silent. They Speak Out. 2009

  • Just recently, against everyone's "better judgment," Rabbi Marc Schneier and I, through The Foundation For Ethnic Understanding, created twinship programs where imans speak in synagogues and rabbis speak in mosques.

    Russell Simmons: True Patriots Are Not Silent. They Speak Out. 2009

  • A lady I'm currently escorting has in recent years though not currently worked with young people in care and some the stories she's told me about imans and what happens with young teen girls and how they are allowed within the Muslim comunity to often get away with it just made me shudder.

    DEMONISING ROMAN CATHOLICISM.. 2009

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