Kandahar clerics sympathetic to the Taliban, however, say they understand why the Islamic scholars, known as ulema, are being targeted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taliban Gag Kandahar's Clerics to Keep Grip on City] Reference

The ruckus produced by the enraged ulema was deafening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mullahs Moving Spirit Behind Terrorism] Reference

The other is led by the local ulema, or religious leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taliban, Afghan officials say one of two missing U.S. service members is dead] Reference

One may argue that the ulema apparently subscribe to this viewpoint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Musharraf Must Assert His Authority] Reference

Each ulema was restricted to four, in place of four hundred scholars.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

It is true that not all of our traditional ulema embrace the Taliban philosophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Musharraf Must Assert His Authority] Reference

The cantonment itself, known as Furqa, is increasingly dangerous too, the ulema say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taliban Gag Kandahar's Clerics to Keep Grip on City] Reference

He said ulema and the Wafaqul Madaris should help bring all madrassas into the mainstream.    From Wordnik.com.  [No More Deaths Please] Reference

As to their learning, there is an immense difference between a Turkish ulema and a Moorish doctor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Morocco] Reference

First, none of these current extremist groups are led by Islamic ulema, or scholars, as were previous movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chasing a Man, Fixing a Nation] Reference

In most cases, people seek to resolve disputes by going to local jirga (when effective) or ulema for Sharia justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilles Dorronsoro: Filling the Void: Dispatch from Afghanistan] Reference

Egyptian ulema Muslim scholar Mohamed El Mongui has issued a fatwa against marriage between Egyptian men and Israeli women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

But, if he truly wants to reach out to the clerical institutions, to the ulema, to the imams of the Muslim world, that's how they talk.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference

Under the agreement, a ten-member committee has also been set up which included ulema, mushiran and members of political administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistan Signs Peace Accord With Taliban] Reference

In Afghanistan, the country's influential Islamic council made up of clergy and scholars ulema met on Friday with President Hamid Karzai.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghan Islamic Council Decries Christian Proselytizing] Reference

Before the voting, the ulema, or Islamic priests, openly called for the faithful to vote against Megawati because her party has "too many Christians.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mad About Mega] Reference

Note: Any number of ulema (Muslim scholars) have expounded the following doctrines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jihad Watch] Reference

I just want to tell you that the duty of ulema is to inform us of the Islam's rules.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

Though it is the in thing, ulema maintain that there is no such thing as nikah on phone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

Q: Not all the ulema of the madrasas are horribly misogynist, unlike what is sometimes made out.    From Wordnik.com.  [MRZine.org] Reference

Don't you feel it is crucial to identify and work with such ulema, rather than to brand all ulema as irredeemably sexist or misogynist?.    From Wordnik.com.  [MRZine.org] Reference