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- Khadijah occupies an almost iconic place in Islam. She is often invoked ... For Sunnis, Khadijah is known as one of four perfect women in Islam ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:13, 3 March 2025
- Musnad. His is the only school recognized in Saudi Arabia. Ibn Hanbal is considered a defender of orthodoxy, or pure Islam, and ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- and arch-enemy of Muhammad. He converted to Islam immediately before Mecca ... Rafiq Zakaria, The Struggle within Islam: The Conflict Between Religion ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- born handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah in the Bible. She became Abraham ... According to the account in Genesis, since Sarah could not have children ...12 KB (1,936 words) - 07:22, 16 January 2024
- Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو) (June 21, 1953 in Karachi ... head of government of an Islamic state in modern times, pioneering the ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 09:07, 27 September 2023
- "Zaqqum" (a thorned tree) grows in Jahannam, which has a bitter ... In Islam, one's degree of punishment in hell depends on one& ...9 KB (1,386 words) - 00:02, 18 December 2024
- In Judaism, Gehenna (or Ge-hinnom) is a fiery place where the wicked ... to the Kidron Valley. It is first mentioned in Joshua 15:8. Originally it ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 13:43, 7 March 2026
- on 10 Muharram, 61 A.H. (October 10, 680) in Karbala (present day Iraq) ... central to Shi'a Muslim belief. In Shi'a Islam, the martyrdom ...12 KB (2,050 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- by several faiths including Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. Within Christianity ... The religious act of foot-washing is also practiced in Islam and Sikhism ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 15:11, 5 September 2022
- rapprochement with the Shi'a Muslims in the Caliphate and Islamization ... Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, in addition to the growing Muslim ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- The Bandiagara Escarpment is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country ... In 1989 UNESCO listed the Bandiagara Escarpment as a World Heritage ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- (Born Friday twentieth of Jumada al-akhir in Mecca – fourteenth Jumada ... the Sunni world, such a claim has often, in practice, considerably strengthened ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam. It aims for the full equality of all Muslims, regardless of ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 21:58, 13 December 2024
- The Five Pillars of Islam refers to "the five duties incumbent ... Sometimes exceptions are made to some of these duties in exceptional ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African ... In the twelfth century, the Hausa were a major African power. Seven ...14 KB (1,963 words) - 16:58, 17 May 2025
- need for a progressive interpretation of Islam, he stressed its compassion ... His own life bridged the colonial period and the post-colonial period ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 16:47, 1 March 2025
- Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On December 10, 2003 ... Ebadi sees herself as reforming Islam from within by helping to reconcile ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- by some to be the first true saint in the Sufi tradition. Little ... "belongs to that elect company of Sufi women who have surpassed most of ...18 KB (3,151 words) - 17:45, 30 April 2026
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of ... The Fulani are the largest nomadic group of people in the world and ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
