Islam and he are intricately connected (7)
I believe the answer is:
ishmael
'islam and he are intricately connected' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'islam and he are intricately' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'are intricately' is an anagram indicator.
'islam'+'he'='islamhe'
'islamhe' anagrammed gives 'ISHMAEL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ishmael that I've seen before include "Bellicose sort" , "Abraham's child" , "Hagar's son" , "Moby Dick's narrator, and Abraham's eldest son" , "One who is rejected from society (after a son of Abraham)" .)