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  • noun Plural form of maulana.

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Examples

  • The first two hours of the day are devoted to Islamic teachings, imparted by maulanas, most of them graduates of the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom at Deoband (UP).

    The Times of India 2010

  • "The muftis and maulanas are making a laughing stock of themselves by issuing such fatwas," said Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • The first two hours of the day are devoted to Islamic teachings, imparted by maulanas, most of them graduates of the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom at Deoband (UP).

    The Times of India 2010

  • How many imams / sheiks, kiais, maulanas etc have you interviewed?

    unknown title 2009

  • So from courting maulanas in Lucknow to visiting the Deoband Ilamic seminary, SP leaders are now trying to salvage their secular image.

    NDTV News - Top Stories 2009

  • What surprises me, however, is that none of the maulanas and muftis made an issue of the exact amount of money when so many avenues of argumentation were open to them.

    islamicate 2009

  • What surprises me, however, is that none of the maulanas and muftis made an issue of the exact amount of money when so many avenues of argumentation were open to them.

    islamicate 2009

  • But the militant maulanas of the Taliban have finally caught up with them and declared war on their culture and heritage by kidnapping their most devoted supporter.

    Infidels Are Cool 2009

  • So, from courting maulanas in Lucknow to visiting the Deoband Islamic seminary, SP leaders are trying to salvage their secular image.

    NDTV News - Top Stories 2009

  • Some of the maulanas (clerics) at the meet said they would have abstained had they known this was going to be a gathering of politicians.

    India eNews 2009

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