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'''''Dar al-Islam''''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: literally ''house of submission'') is a term widely used in the [[Islamic]] world to refer to those lands under Muslim government(s). In the conservative tradition of [[Islam]] the world is divided into two components: '''''dar al-Islam''''', the ''house of submission'' or the ''house of [[God]]'', and '''''[[dar al-Harb]]''''', the ''house of [[war]]''; the home of the infidels or unbelievers (Arabic: ''[[kufr]]''). The terms are usually understood to refer, respectively, to those lands currently administered by [[Muslim]] [[governments]] and those administered by non-Muslim governments. The exact definitions of these territories can vary widely according to the viewer's concept of who is and is not a Muslim, and which governments are or are not Muslim in practice.
The Muslim worldview espoused by the terms ''dar al-Islam'' and ''dar al-Harb'' is further confused by the addition of a third 'house' during the [[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman era]]. The term ''dar al-Ahd'', meaning the 'house of treaty', was invented to describe the [[Ottoman Empire]]'s relationship with its Christian [[tributary]] states. ''See'' [[dar al-Ahd]].
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