Muslim state (7)
I believe the answer is:
emirate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">muslim state</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(emirate is a type of Islamic state)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for emirate that I've seen before include "Muslim government" , "Arab territory" , "Arab domain" , "One of the Gulf states" , "Go abroad" .)