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  • noun Islam a person who has performed the hajj

Etymologies

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Arabic مهاجر (muhaajir, "emigrant")

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Examples

  • A hail of bullets from a Pashtun neighborhood up on the craggy hill killed two muhajir party activists and injured a number of others participating in a funeral procession.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or MQM, is overwhelmingly a muhajir political party.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • Many are locked in bitter disputes with the neighboring muhajir areas that spread out on the plains below.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • The muhajir-led MQM bills its conflict with the Pashtun-backed ANP as part of an overdue offensive against the Taliban and radical Islam.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • Since the shooting, muhajir neighbors have been living in dread of revenge, as sporadic killings continue along the ethnic boundaries that divide the city.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • "We don't go up there, and the Pashtuns don't come down here," says Muhammad Liaquat, a 50-year-old muhajir laundryman, standing next to MQM graffiti in Zarina Colony and warily eyeing a red ANP flag fluttering in a Pashtun neighborhood up the hill.

    Refugee Crisis Inflames Ethnic Strife in Pakistan 2009

  • Down in Sindh, the MQM has moved closer to the PPP worldview, but when the PPP delegation of “reconciliation” visited the MQM headquarters in Karachi on Thursday they were all wearing the Sindhi cap, setting them apart from the muhajir “trespasser”.

    Terrorists Getting Control Of Pakistan, But... 2008

  • Mail (will not be published) (required) maverick263: @ muhajir: Thanks for your time to reply.

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  • MQM ALTAF HUSSAIN BHRWA FAROOQ SATTAR BHRWA pakistan lyari karachi firring baluchi fight baloch gang war kidnaping torture drill machine psf apmso bso mqm ppp bomb blast lahore iran afganistan sindhi punjabi murder dead body town pathan muhajir fire 12 may burn shops army mustafa kamal city nazim ashura suicide attack brigde

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  • MQM ALTAF HUSSAIN BHRWA FAROOQ SATTAR BHRWA pakistan lyari karachi firring baluchi fight baloch gang war kidnaping torture drill machine psf apmso bso mqm ppp bomb blast lahore iran afganistan sindhi punjabi murder dead body town pathan muhajir fire 12 may burn shops army mustafa kamal city nazim ashura suicide attack brigde

    WN.com - Articles related to State At War With People Of Kashmir: PDP 2010

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