ulema

Also known as alimah, uluma, 'aalim, Muslim religious scholar, ʿulamâ, aalim, Islamic religious scholar, Alim

265px|thumb|Scholars at an Abbasid library. Maqamat of al-Hariri. Illustration by Yahyá al-Wasiti, [[Baghdad, 1237.]]

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Commons category: Muslim scholars of Islam
male form of label: عالم دين
female form of label: عالمة دين

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Traditional way of education
Places of learning
Branches of learning
Sufism
Philosophy and ethics
Law
Theology
Cosmopolitan scholarly tradition
Political and cultural history
Early Muslim communities
''Fiqh''
Early modern Islamic empires
Ottoman imperial Sunni ulama
Shi'a state religion of Safavid Persia
19th century
New Ottoman scholarly elite
Orthodox Shi'a ulama in post-Safavid and Qajar Iran
19th/20th century: Ulama and Muslim reform
Reformers and concepts
Muslim mass organizations
Ulama in the secular national states of the 20th century
Republic of Turkey
Iran
Syria
Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq
Pakistan
Modern challenges
Types of titles
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Further reading
External links

265px|thumb|Scholars at an Abbasid library. Maqamat of al-Hariri. Illustration by Yahyá al-Wasiti, [[Baghdad, 1237.]]

In Islam, theʿulamā ( ; also spelt ulema; ; ; ; singular ; ), also known as Shuyukh or Mawlawi, are scholars and judges of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, interpreters and legislators of religious knowledge in Islam.