majlis in English

noun
1
the parliament of various North African and Middle Eastern countries, especially Iran.
Reformist leaders in the majlis regularly blast President Khatami for failing to tackle a long list of economic and social issues.

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1. 1938 – 'Majlis' economic/political "reform movement" occurs.

2. The Omani legislature is the bicameral Council of Oman, consisting of an upper chamber, the Council of State (Majlis ad-Dawlah) and a lower chamber, the Consultative Council (Majlis ash-Shoura).

3. The unicameral Majlis of the Maldives is composed of 85 members serving a five-year term.

4. Mohammad Sadiq Amir Mohammad was a member of the new majlis shura reportedly announced by Mohammed Omar (TI.O.4.01) in October 2006.

5. The People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani), abbreviated APN, is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament.

6. Mohammad Sadiq Amir Mohammad was a member of the new majlis shura reportedly announced by Mohammed Omar in October 2006.

7. The traditional Consultative Council in Makkah, the "Majlis-ash-Shura" or Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia was expanded on 17 November 1952.

8. In 1997 Sultan Qaboos decreed that women could vote for, and stand for election to, the Majlis al-Shura, the Consultative Assembly of Oman.

9. Al qaeda had a command and control structure which included a majlis al shura (or consultation council) which discussed and approved major undertakings, including terrorist operations

10. Nevertheless, Musharraf’s men have skillfully fractured the main Islamic opposition party, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), with bribes, blackmail, and internal dissension fomented by agent provocateurs.

11. RIDA was renamed as the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (The Indigenous People's Trust Council) or MARA in 1965, and came to symbolise the development of Malay entrepreneurship.

12. Before the Islamic Revolution, Majlis was also the name of the lower house of the Iranian Legislature from 1906 to 1979, the upper house being the Senate.

13. The 1978 Majlis Islam Bill enabled the setting up of Syariah Courts in Sarawak with jurisdictions over matrimonial, child custody, betrothal, inheritance, and criminal cases in the state.

14. 17 hours ago · All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday called upon the AIADMK to clarify its stand on India’s Abstention on …

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