In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ULAMA
ulema, ulama
(noun) the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam’s sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ulama (uncountable)
A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
Etymology 2
Noun
ulama pl (plural only)
(Islam) Alternative form of ulema
Etymology 3
Noun
ulama
The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
Source: Wiktionary
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SOUARI
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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