When Muslims express concern for the Ummah, do they just mean fellow Muslims?
I am asking because, as I understand, according to Islam everybody is a Muslim - although not everybody acknowledges it. (Hence people revert to Islam, not convert.)
It made me wonder whether Ummah perhaps includes Muslims-to-be or 'potential Muslims' (which would be pretty much everybody) ... or just 'proclaimed Muslims'?
(I hope I am making my question clear. I feel like I am waffling ... )
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In the context of Islam, the word ummah is used to mean the diaspora or "Community of the Believers" (ummat al-mu'minin), and thus the whole Muslim world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ummah
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