Search results for "Women and Islam" - New World Encyclopedia
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- al-Kubra, the daughter of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and Fatimah bint Za'idah ... Scholars calculate her date of birth as somewhere between 555 C.E ...7 KB (1,148 words) - 03:33, 6 October 2022
- E./ 241 AH ) was an important Muslim scholar and theologian. He is considered ... Ibn Hanbal is considered a defender of orthodoxy, or pure Islam, and ...7 KB (1,052 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch-enemy of Muhammad. He ... Abu Sufyan is a contentious figure, especially between Sunni and Shi ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- Bible. She became Abraham's second wife and the mother of Ishmael. Her ... Abraham as his concubine. However, the two women soon became enemies, and ...12 KB (1,936 words) - 07:22, 16 January 2024
- (God) knows who will go to Jahannam (Hell) and who will go to Jannah (Heaven). ... that have been interpreted both literally and metaphorically by Muslims ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- 2007 in Rawalpindi) was the youngest person and first woman to lead a post ... times, pioneering the way for other Muslim women to follow in Turkey, Bangladesh ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 09:07, 27 September 2023
- Gehenna also appears in the New Testament and early Christian writings, ... were kept burning to consume the refuse and keep down the stench. It is ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- Iraq) between a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's ... to Shi'a Muslim belief. In Shi'a Islam, the martyrdom of Husayn ...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
- Ismaili Muslims. He was one of the founders and the first president of the ... British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan II and his third wife, Nawab A'lia ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- Caliph. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur and reigned for ten years. Al ... from all of Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Persia, and lands as far away as India ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- the escarpment until the fifteenth century, and many structures remain from ... as "an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with some beautiful ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Prophet, Fatimah is one of the most revered women in the history of Islam. ... respected scholars or deeply spiritual men, and many have exercised power ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- The Five Pillars of Islam refers to "the five duties incumbent ... pillars signifies the tremendous role that Islam places upon praxis and submission ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Zia who held the post from 1991 to 1996, and was elected again in 2001 ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- "Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam" drew a sold-out ... Justice in a Global World: The Role of Women and Islam" at the Saint Louis ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- apart from her piety, popularity with men and women followers of the Sufi ... "belongs to that elect company of Sufi women who have surpassed most of ...18 KB (3,164 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, and Niger, though they are also ... The Fulani are the largest nomadic group of people in the world and ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- it finally defeated the Umayyads in battle, and flourished for two centuries ... From the eighth until the thirteenth century and in some form until ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 07:16, 13 June 2023
