[DOC] [TLE] Imam - Wikipedia [PAR] An imam is an Islamic leadership position. It is most commonly in the context of a 
worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community by Sunni Muslims. In this 
context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, serve as community leaders, 
and provide religious .... At times, imams have held both secular and religious 
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influential figures in modern Sudanese politics", and a "longtime hard-line 
ideological leader". He was instrumental in institutionalizing sharia (Islamic law) 
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Levant ... ISIL had attempted to appropriate a title imbued with religious and 
political ... Empire after WWI, the Sultan was the head of state and leader of all 
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Democratic nominee to head the House Intelligence

Question: From the Arabic for "successor", he's the secular & religious head of a Muslim state
Answer: the caliph