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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.