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The Muslim world is blameless, it seems (5)

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I believe the answer is:

islam

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(Other definitions for islam that I've seen before include "Belief" , "Koran its scripture" , "Religious faith of Muslims" , "Mohammed's religion" , "organised religion" .)

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