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- Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... Ningxia, a stop along the Silk Road, had been influenced by Islam ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- Shi'a Islam or Shi`ism (from the Arabic word شيعة, Persian: ... or minimized, depending on the agenda of the commentator. Shi'a ...24 KB (3,795 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- Taif, Saudi Arabia by the surviving members of Lebanon's 1972 parliament—fathered ... The background to the Taif Agreement consists of both the Lebanese ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 02:56, 27 February 2023
- 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971 ... Awami League won the largest number of seats, the result was quashed ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- pdf Iqbal and Goethe] Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India ... works, which include the Tarana-e-Hind (Song of India), Asrar-e-Khudi (Secrets ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Indonesia, which has the largest population of Muslims in the world. Many ... free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" and "guarantees ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- or Hashashiyyin) were a religious sect of Ismaili Shi'a Muslims ... ==Etymology of the word "assassin"== The term assassin, which ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which studies fundamental ... existing or possible theories and practices of social, political matters, ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- and a noted writer. After the formation of Pakistan, Khan became a controversial ... was raised under the tutelage and example of his father, Khan Abdul Gaffar ...27 KB (3,941 words) - 22:56, 3 March 2023
- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of ... Senegal, though poor, has a tradition of political stability and peaceful ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- ; literally "south of the clouds") is a province of the ... Yunnan has earned fame for the natural beauty of its setting from ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest ... south of the Arabian Peninsula, the archipelago is 250 kilometers ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- and Kashmir from Pakistan with the intention of fomenting an insurgency among ... the first since the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Its success, as envisaged ...17 KB (2,428 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- His work gave rise to a new generation of Muslim intellectuals and politicians ... Company. Personally affected by the turmoil of the Indian rebellion of 1857 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago ... The Maluku Islands are located on the Australian Plate, lying east ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- ) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to ... ), the plural of which is mujahideen ( ar|مجاهدين ...48 KB (7,155 words) - 12:39, 1 August 2022
- philosophical ideas to philosophers of African origin, a distinction ... Surveys of the beliefs of hundreds of African peoples have shown that ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- , also called the Brit Noah ("Covenant of Noah") refer to seven ... G-d's saving grace outside the realm of Judaism so that non-Jews will ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a small country ... rocky soil limits agriculture, and much of the nation's funds come ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims ... The Arabic word masjid means place of worship and derives from the ...42 KB (6,412 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... Yet the nation is on the verge of collapse. Under the leadership of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- community. The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in ... Excommunication is the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- to 1736, and which established Shi'a Islam as Iran's official religion ... Tati (Āzarī), an extinct Iranian dialect of the north closely related to ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- 11, 1948) was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League ... to quit the Congress. He then took charge of the Muslim League and proposed ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- dated to 1054, the Schism was the result of an extended period of tension ... The primary causes of the Great Schism were the dispute over the authority ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- The 1953 Iranian coup d'état deposed the government of Prime ... Ajax (originally viewed as a triumph of covert action), is now regarded ...27 KB (4,144 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- Silverius lived during the later stages of the Monophysite controversy ... Stripped of his episcopal dignity and degraded to the rank of a simple ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 11:43, 13 February 2022
- the Jewish term gentile, the Islamic notions of infidel and kafir, and the ... used to criticize and demonize the adherents of non-Christian faiths since ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- |rels=Protestant Christian 69.14%, Roman Catholic 16.97%), Islam ... The Toraja (meaning "people of the uplands") are an ethnic ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- The term Indian philosophy may refer to any of several traditions ... All the schools of Indian philosophy are characterized by some common ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a country situated in northern ... Remains of one of the oldest known hominids, dated to over one million ...41 KB (6,034 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- is said to have begun as an offshoot of the Ismaili sect of Islam, ... . The Druze call themselves Ahl al-Tawhid ("People of Monotheism ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern ... population remains relatively small, because of its history it is one of the ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District ... was both a provincial capital and a center of the world-wide muslin trade ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... from the United Kingdom after decades of colonial rule. Nigeria re-achieved ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- by the texts, traditions and experience of the Jewish people. Judaism ... Jewish philosophy can be considered to take two directions; the use ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 03:01, 1 August 2022
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for ... the apostle and evangelist in the middle of the first century (approximately ...24 KB (3,712 words) - 21:25, 4 May 2020
- Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-islām) "obedience (or submission ... Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, governed the first Muslim ummah (nation ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
