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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 (1,148 words) - 03:33, 6 October 2022
- 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
- "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 (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- 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
- need for a progressive interpretation of Islam, he stressed its compassion ... He was born in Karachi, in British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- 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 (3,164 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- 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
- the Umayyad caliphs. It seized power in 750, when it finally defeated ... From the eighth until the thirteenth century and in some form until ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 07:16, 13 June 2023
- a failed political and military intervention in the affairs of the early Muslim ... Aisha played a key role in the emergence of Islam, a faith and life ...25 KB (4,166 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- Banu Begum, an Indian-Persian Empress in the Mughal Dynasty. She was ... She died in Burhanpur in the Deccan (now in Madhya Pradesh) during ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- or Lal Qila, meaning the Red Fort, located in Delhi, India, has been awarded ... Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (in accurate transliteration, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq; ... a unifying function within the world of Islam, since his scholarship has ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 08:33, 13 March 2024
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after ... Islam in India has had a fascinating, and powerful impact. Indeed ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- In Islam, the word Houri (Arabic: حورية, also ḥūr or ḥūrīyah ... or celestial virgins who await the saved in paradise after death; ...18 KB (2,560 words) - 21:26, 7 January 2023
- for annulment is that there was a defect in the marriage contract, usually ... Situations in which annulments are declared are in all cases unfortunate ...12 KB (1,862 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- |Periods in Office: |October 23, 1923 to November 10 1938 ... rose to prominence during World War I, in which Turkey allied with Germany ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.jpg|thumb ... to a female college student, particularly in the United States. Before the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- religious foundation were quite influential in nineteenth-century Europe. ... Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin was born in Paris, France, on February ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- spiritual leader who played a seminal role in re-articulating Hinduism for ... Swami Vivekananda was born to Bengali Kayastha (in Bengal the Kayastha ...10 KB (1,573 words) - 15:56, 18 June 2022
- a 1939 paper, Purdah and the Status of Women in Islam. He would have objected ... * Maududi, Sayyid Abul A'la. Purdah and the Status of Women in ...26 KB (4,137 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- consider apostasy to be a serious sin. In some religions, an apostate ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- internal and external belief systems in an holistic approach to life ... women in Islam Islam does not prohibit women from working, but emphasizes ...36 KB (5,852 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. ... isolation, have begun to find their place in the world. In fact, it may ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that claim the prophet Abraham ... while his son Ishmael (Isma'il) is seen in Muslim tradition as the ancestor ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- in the village of Rāi Bhōi dī Talvaṇḍī, now called Nankana ... Sahib), also wrote about Nanak's life in his vārs. However, these too ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 00:15, 5 March 2024
- from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the country's history ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- the role of Islamic fundamentalism in social and political change ... Kotb, etc. Qutb was arrested and imprisoned in 1955 following publication ...31 KB (4,669 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to ... According to numerous hadiths, Ramadan is one of the names of God ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in the nation of Tunisia, about ... Kairouan was founded in 670 C.E., when the Arab Umayyad general Uqba ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ... experiences has been held as the standard in most cultures. The world's ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- Kazi Nazrul Islam ( কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম national poet of Bangladesh and commemorated in India. Scholars credit him ...34 KB (5,210 words) - 22:44, 14 September 2023
- original intent sas to help with expenses in the creation of the new family ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims (followers of Islam). Muslims ... "to bow" or "to kneel") in reference to the prostrations ...42 KB (6,412 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- a Berber, Muslim dynasty that was founded in the twelfth century, and conquered ... after defeat at the Battle of Las Navas in 1212 by a coalition of Christian ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 08:17, 23 July 2023
- on the western flank of the Sahara Desert. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries ... Once magnificent settlements, these ksour began their decline in the ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- by followers of the Zoroastrian religion in their rituals surrounding death ... At one time, the most widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- ), fought March 17, 624 C.E. (17 Ramadan 2 AH in the Islamic calendar ... in Mecca. The battle has been passed down in Islamic history as a ...28 KB (4,414 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- Moghul Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. He is considered ... his policies clearly had pragmatic benefits in attracting the loyalty of non ...23 KB (3,546 words) - 07:14, 16 June 2023
- his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist ... Gandhi ("Frontier Gandhi"). In 1985, he was nominated for ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- dedicated to one or more articles listed in the Declaration. ... to receive an education, to participate in government, to work, and to ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- the ongoing fallen state of humanity bound in enduring, irremediable alienation ... Christians derive the idea of original sin in part from the Old Testament ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 02:15, 18 November 2022
- gained a major following among world Jewry in the mid-late seventeenth century ... Born in Smyrna in today's Turkey he became interested in Kabbalistic ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- the coming of the Savior"), a term used in Christian tradition, refers ... Advent (and adventism) has its roots in Hebrew and Christian prophetic ...6 KB (941 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- as either the "hidden imam" of Islam or the "Gateway" ... the messianic deliverer of Shi'a Islam. However, sources differ ...17 KB (2,919 words) - 05:23, 26 August 2023
- principles of its faith, usually resulting in a denouncement of alternative ... Historically, the term "fundamentalism" was first used in ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Bin Laden's name is transliterated in several ways. Most English ... against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in 1979. There, he met the Egyptian ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- #039;s micro-finance model around the globe. In 2006, Yunus and the bank were ... World Food Prize and the Sydney Peace Prize. In March 2011, the Bangladesh ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- , or lawlessness (Greek: ανομια), in theology, is the idea that ... one hand, religious rules/laws have been set in motion for the purpose of helping ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 06:34, 31 July 2023
- the father of Jacob and Esau, as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story ... The historicity of Isaac's story in the Bible has come under ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used ... and world levels is not to be found in polygamy, but rather in individuals ...37 KB (5,815 words) - 17:42, 30 November 2023
- [[Image:NSRW Africa Hottentot.png|thumb|Portrait listed in the 1914 ... The Khoikhoi ("men of men") or Khoi, in standardised Khoekhoe/Nama ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 03:58, 6 October 2022
- duty of Muslims to strive, or “struggle” in ways related to Islam, both ... ). The word jihad appears frequently in the Qur’an, often in the ...48 KB (7,155 words) - 12:39, 1 August 2022
- A loyal son of Empire, Lord Cromer served in India and Egypt and became ... perhaps second only to Lord Curzon in terms of his public reputation ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. The architecture ... of standing alone. The arrangement of rooms in the house is seen as a reflection ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 18:12, 22 December 2022
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... only recognizes six religions, namely Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Sir William Muir, KCSI (April 27, 1819 – July 11, 1905) was born ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab ... King Hussein held a unique position in the Middle East, being a pan ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- or former nomadic lifestyle. Reductions in their grazing ranges and increases ... Bedouins spread out over the pastures of the Arabian Peninsula in ...21 KB (3,226 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- Shi'a Islam or Shi`ism (from the Arabic word شيعة, Persian: ... Dynasty it has been the State religion in Iran, where this status has ...24 KB (3,795 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- woman for the right to marry their daughter. In anthropological literature ... A famous example of brideservice occurs in the Book of Genesis, when Jacob ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- diabolos, which means "accuser." In Christianity, God and the Devil ... God whose job is to test humankind. However, in the Jewish apocrypha and rabbinical ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- of the ruler's power. The dancers, in three groups, approach the ... Traditionally, the dance was performed by young women only in the ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- distinguished by their practice of Islam. The Hui form the third largest ... Most Hui are similar in culture to Han Chinese except that they practice ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- caliph who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He had been designated ... He founded the famous 'Bayt al-Hikmah' (House of Wisdom} ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 05:21, 30 April 2021
- for the purpose of ritual purification in conjunction with prayer within ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- for short: الغزالى ) (born 1058 C.E. in Tus, Khorasan province of Persia ... He asserted that philosophy had no role in the discovery of truth. One ...28 KB (4,307 words) - 07:21, 16 June 2023
- cousin, and, after marrying Fatima, his son-in-law as well. Thus, he is a ... recognition of different legal schools in Islam. Many Sunni regard Shi’a ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- a thousand years, the Somali and Afar tribes in this region became among the ... Ethiopia. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city. ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- the map and not strictly defined as to where in the shifting desert sands it ... be due to its having been a country divided in two for the better part of ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- or because the subject is incapacitated in some way such as intoxication ... #039;s being, violating their very purpose in the deepest way. Until all ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- philosopher, and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded ... After studying in England and Germany, Iqbal established a law practice ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- Nubia is a region in Southern Egypt along the Nile River and in what ... well as written records from Egypt and Rome. In antiquity, Nubia was a land ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- and most often refers to a rare trait found in certain human personalities ... must be present within an individual in order for the person to be ...16 KB (2,186 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- and commercially important small city in the Niger Inland Delta of south ... is the largest mud brick or adobe building in the world. Though the current ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter" of the Holy Qur& ... Each Surah is named for a word or name mentioned in an ayah (section ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- portrait with his statue following his death in 1861.]] Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- thumb|right|200px|A [[Bagpipes|bagpiper]] in Scottish military clan-uniform ... particularly with males or females in a given social group or system ...23 KB (3,388 words) - 20:48, 23 October 2022
- free=19 teams in 11 sports| colors=Oxford Blue and Forest Green| ... Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. The country ... Holding the record for being the flattest country in the world, with ...34 KB (4,966 words) - 06:36, 5 November 2022
- of the fatwa. Mahfouz was well read in Western literature and embraced ... Born into a lower middle-class Muslim family in the Gamaleyya quarter ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 23:15, 10 November 2022
- was a battle that took place at Basra, Iraq in 655 C.E. between forces allied ... that the ill-fated battle demonstrates why women should not be allowed to ...27 KB (4,726 words) - 02:43, 26 September 2023
- Ibn Hazm (November 7, 994 – August 15, 1064 456 AH) in full Abū ... historian, jurist and theologian born in Córdoba, present day Spain ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- and 16th Ismaili imam (996-1021). Born in 985, Abu ‘Ali “Mansur” ... state. However, after the latter’s removal in 1000, Hakim held the reins ...28 KB (4,430 words) - 04:12, 17 June 2023
- In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro (Hebrew: יִתְרוֹ, Yitro; "His ... flocks that Moses famously encountered God in the burning bush and received ...13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
- The Tuareg (sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English ... and strife for them with various resolutions in the different nations. As humankind ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- is the Islamic rite of pilgrimage in Mecca, the city in Saudi Arabia ... aligned directly with Western calendars, but in the early twenty-first century ...29 KB (4,558 words) - 16:54, 21 January 2024
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South ... Bangladesh's rank among the most densely populated countries ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- its production and consumption entirely. In predominantly Muslim countries ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... Bahram II succeeded his father in 276 as the fifth Sassanid ruler ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush ... a highly significant and spiritual role in their daily life. As part of ...33 KB (5,092 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... problems remain, including trafficking in children, domestic violence ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... All religions provide a sense of community to their followers, in ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- quot;) refers to specific individuals living in Muslim lands, who were granted ... Conversion by a dhimmi to Islam was generally easy, and almost without ...49 KB (7,384 words) - 10:21, 29 January 2024
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- 14, 1935 – February 7, 1999) was born in Amman to Prince Talal bin Abdullah ... it into a nation of peace and moderation in the Middle East. Known to the ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- The extant versions of her poems are in a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi ... They are in the bhakti tradition, and most passionately praised Lord ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 18:54, 9 November 2022
- indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. The Minangs are ... education, Minangkabau are over-represented, in proportion to their numbers ...38 KB (5,501 words) - 17:01, 21 December 2023
- depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style. Today, belly dancing in its various styles and forms is popular worldwide ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- . Solomon's case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given ... According to the Bible, Solomon was the builder of the first Temple ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Islam teaches that Jesus is a prophet. Jesus clearly is a significant ...59 KB (9,594 words) - 02:51, 1 August 2022
- In Jewish tradition, a cantor or hazzan is a musician trained in the ... Cantors lead the congregation in song and chanted prayer, and serve ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- first Governor-General. He is commonly known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam ( ... Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress expounding ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- and an extremely important prophet in Islam. The story of his life ... Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sometimes referred to as the ...30 KB (4,873 words) - 16:27, 23 December 2022
- a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from ... As a constitutional sultanate, Brunei was, in 2007, the only country ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- was the ruler of an ancient kingdom located in the areas called Ethiopia and ... al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those from Yemen ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... He was an original scholar, who believed in the infallible authority of ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- , "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu ... is one of the foremost pilgrimage sites in Buddhism. Siddhartha, as Buddha ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language such as ... Arabic literature emerged in the sixth century with only fragments ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- linguistic group with populations primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- ." He was named TIMEs Man of the Year in 1979 and also one of TIME magazine ... Khomeini was born in the town of Khomein, about 100 miles from the ...50 KB (7,539 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- constraints bring them greater freedom in various areas of their lives ... and hermits, who withdraw from the world in order to live an ascetic life; ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- 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
- Mayotte is located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in ... Because of the volcanic rock, the soil is relatively rich in some ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in ... please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- the Jewish people. While far from monolithic in practice and having no centralized ... revealed his laws and commandments to them in the form of the Torah. Jewish ...32 KB (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- The virgin birth of Jesus is a religious tenet of Christianity and ... this doctrine was included in the two most widely used Christian creeds ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- Their use is widespread, especially among women in Western countries. A subset ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- to Assyria around 722 B.C.E. The exile in Babylon—which directly affected ... While the Jews in Babylon did not suffer greatly in the physical sense ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- relying on cattle herding at riverside camps in the dry season and growing ... As a result of the civil wars in Sudan following its independence ...14 KB (2,232 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- kinship. It constitutes a cultural taboo in most societies and is often ... family, or others with whom one lives in close proximity, lead to a ...23 KB (3,379 words) - 21:59, 4 February 2023
- is an Islamic shrine and a major landmark in Jerusalem. It was completed ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- as a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem. Christian churches ... Mary is the most prominent female figure in Christianity and is considered ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- He turned to religious reform after a career in the service of the British ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- of a coalition of small city-states known in ancient times as Pentapolis ... The story of Sodom has given rise to words in several languages, including ...14 KB (2,337 words) - 22:02, 30 January 2023
- puppet theater are accompanied by gamelan in Java, and by "gender wayang ... and most popular form of puppet theater in the world. UNESCO designated ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- was remarkable because, after being caught in the struggle between the Byzantine ... a Roman deacon. Two accounts of his reign in the Liber Pontificalis take ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 11:43, 13 February 2022
- Abolitionism (from "abolish") was a political movement in ... ” others “slaves” can be found in Aristotle (384–328 b.c.e ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- January 31, 1666) ruled the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent from ... to the throne upon his father's death in 1627. Considered one of the ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- Israel, as well as the most mentioned figure in the Hebrew Bible. He is the ... account of his life and rule are recorded in the books of Samuel and 1 Chronicles ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The name "Senegal ... from a one-party state to a multiparty democracy in 2000. ...33 KB (4,780 words) - 14:52, 4 April 2024
- The word was also used more generally in Europe to refer to anyone of ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- Nazareth more closely than any other figure in Christian history. His love ... his advice by his friend, Saint Clare) for women (the second order), and the ...33 KB (5,300 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- 20, she lost her campaign for re-election in the 2004 Indonesian presidential ... In 2004, she was ranked number 8 on Forbes Magazine's list of ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- The Yoruba (Yorùbá in Yoruba orthography) are one of the largest ... greatest concentration of Yoruba is found in Yorubaland, an area in western ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.Nathaniel Deutsch, October ... Mandaeism has historically been practiced primarily in the area around ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- the Latin or Turkish), is the founder of Islam—the world's second ... biographers, Muhammad was born c. 570 C.E. in Mecca (Makkah) and died June ...64 KB (10,057 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- begun as an offshoot of the Ismaili sect of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation ... The Druze religion was first promulgated in 1017, during the reign ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 21:14, 30 January 2024
- Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a thin sliver of land in ... Togo was once part of the area known as the "Slave Coast" ...26 KB (3,713 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- A fast may be total or partial, and may vary in duration and frequency. Depending ... since pre-history. The practice is mentioned in the Bible, in both the Old ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. Abrahamic religions on the ... Vasco da Gama, seeking preexisting Christian nations in India, discovered ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- its metropolitan area, is the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the most ... Under Mughal rule in the seventeenth century, the city was also known ...34 KB (4,736 words) - 20:15, 21 January 2023
- from 1996 to 2001 she was re-elected in 2008 following two years of ... 039;s daughter has played a significant role in her political life. Comparison ...39 KB (5,517 words) - 21:25, 20 December 2022
- East Indies, Java now plays a dominant role in the economic and political ... events, Java is the 12th largest island in the world and the fourth largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights. ... Abu Nuwas was born in the province of Ahvaz (modern Khuzestan Province ...28 KB (4,086 words) - 06:54, 14 June 2023
- , ignited fierce controversy and protests in many Muslim countries. The ... with the modern world among Muslims, couched in secularist language and expressed ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- the core of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. In Christianity, the Pentateuch ... * Genesis (בראשית, Bereshit: "In the beginning…") ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- as one of the most important thinkers in the Anglican tradition. Influenced ... Queen’s College, London as the first women’s higher education institute ...29 KB (4,360 words) - 10:32, 11 April 2024
- used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The ... if the associate crime is serious enough. In Christianity, the Roman Catholic ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- temporarily disrupted by the Crimean War. In fact, Britain was at war every ... increasingly liberal with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- citizens inside the American Diplomatic mission in Tehran. ... quot; and "the special place of women in Islam," released 13 women ...27 KB (3,935 words) - 13:01, 6 March 2024
- to 1736, and which established Shi'a Islam as Iran's official religion ... The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order ...23 KB (3,547 words) - 18:36, 22 December 2022
- In biblical times the shofar was used as a signaling device in time ... manner of playing it is closely prescribed in Jewish tradition, although ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... the country, and the forested jungle regions in the south and east. Guinea ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- "The Land of The Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina ... theological interpretation within Islam most commonly known as Wahhabism ...57 KB (8,635 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- drama, essays, and music criticism. Writing in the generation after the Harlem ... addresses the subject of racial relations in the United States through the ...18 KB (2,687 words) - 07:05, 25 July 2023
- ) is a major neighborhood in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. A major ... the oldest and largest public university in Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh ...25 KB (3,589 words) - 18:25, 6 January 2024
- Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), is an island country in the Persian Gulf and is the ... Bahrain was the first location in the region in which oil reserves ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- tenth century B.C.E.), who is commonly known in the West as Zoroaster. Zoroastrians ... was the first religion to believe in angels, a day of judgment, ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east ... monuments demonstrate the high regard rulers in the Madhya Pradesh region of ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... while modern secularists regard belief in demons as superstition. Demons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- right|250px|A thirteenth-century slave market in Yemen]] an economic commodity based on human life. In the twenty-first century, this ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- to a sacred geometric device commonly used in the religious practice of Hinduism ... the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises." ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- from wrong and regulate one's conduct in view of norms, is an essential ... In classical religious and philosophical treatments of responsibility ...36 KB (5,446 words) - 18:16, 8 December 2022
- of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988. Appointed Chief ... Ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Lewis Raphel in a mysterious airplane crash ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- became aware of the profit possibilities in the Saharan trade routes that ... a school of navigators and map-makers, in fact he did none of this. He ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... liberties; the press is among the freest in the region. The native Qatari ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- Muslim majority state, she was assassinated in 2007). Educated at the University ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- Howard University is a private, coeducational, university located ... many as part of its special role as a leader in human progress. With American ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... society and achieved prominent positions in government and in the military ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- Sea, it is the largest republic of Russia in the North Caucasus, both in ... Dagestan has been long known as a religious area of Sufi Islam. After ...42 KB (6,192 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- taken a variety of forms historically and in the modern world from the state ... separate rival Church and State institutions in Christendom. This rivalry between ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- traditions. It became especially important in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths ... The practice of confession in the Judeo-Christian tradition goes back ...20 KB (3,112 words) - 18:56, 15 May 2020
- The oldest culture artifacts found in the region date back to the ... Hubschmann, the name "Nakhichavan" in Armenian literally means "the ...32 KB (4,526 words) - 01:09, 11 November 2022
- In the Book of Genesis, Jacob overcomes many adversities to win God ... Jacob's course of suffering for 21 years in Haran can be seen ...29 KB (4,809 words) - 08:01, 18 March 2024
- garrison by religious Mahdist troops in 1885, was retaken by British ... Since Sudan's independence in 1956, Khartoum has been largely ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- untouchables to obtain a college education in India. Ambedkar became a renown ... In 1990, Ambedkar was honored with the Bharat Ratna, India's ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- (NGOs) and United Nations agencies. In 1989, he was appointed Coordinator ... Born in Paris, France, he was the son of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- Samaritans today are both a religious and an ethnic group located ... In the New Testament, Samaritans were despised by the Judean Jews; ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Unification thought sees history as a theater in which God works voluntarily ... " namely reversing the "Fall" in order to enable the realization ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg was established ... nature of its decisions remain unique in international law. The ultimate ...17 KB (2,642 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- or working towards sexual liberation in broader society. LGBT movements ... While open homosexuality, or at least bisexuality, has been accepted ...37 KB (5,369 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- the skin, is found only on mammals and often in a high-density of filaments ... In humans, hair, with its variety of colors, textures, shape, length ...25 KB (4,025 words) - 13:24, 24 January 2023
- Early Christianity abandoned this practice in favor of a belief that Christ ... absolution, especially for monks and nuns. In Hinduism an act or rite of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- the central religious text or Scripture of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur ... The Qur’an is fundamental to every aspect of Islam. It informs Muslim ...49 KB (7,703 words) - 20:37, 24 January 2023
- is a supernatural and ethereal being found in many religions, whose duty ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- Jewish religious movement that originated in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth ... In its initial stages, Hasidism met with strong opposition from contemporary ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 08:41, 20 January 2024
- Arius (256 - 336 C.E., poss. in North Africa) was an early Christian ... made presbyter of the district of Baucalis in Alexandria in 313. Warren H ...24 KB (3,928 words) - 02:41, 15 August 2023
- , who was the founder of Talmudic studies in France and Germany. He is also ... Born in Metz, France, Gershom's teacher was the French rabbi ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder of the ... to look elsewhere for authentic solutions. In the final year of his short ...49 KB (7,838 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- or 1837Sharon Halevi and Fruma Zachs, Gendering Culture in Greater ... He traveled throughout West Asia and France in his youth, and after some medical ...35 KB (4,995 words) - 17:16, 29 November 2023
- Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, July 17, 1954 ... Magazine to be the "most powerful woman in the world at the present time ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- Allan David Bloom (September, 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – ... Allan Bloom was an only child born to social worker parents in Indianapolis ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- Circumcision predates recorded human history, with depictions in stone ... Male circumcision is a religious commandment in Judaism, expected ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- the Liberian economy. Democratic elections in 2005 brought hope of a new ... Liberia is situated in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- ensembles have been playing for centuries in regions of the Eastern Malay ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...41 KB (6,102 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- coasts. Tunisia played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the ... This nation gained its independence from France in 1956, becoming ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- focus of political and administrative life in the country. World War II, and since gaining independence in 1945, it was the center for ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Geographical Society and a civil servant in India where he served as Governor ... helped to inspire Western interest in the study of India, significantly ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia. teacher of all peoples, allegedly foretold in the scriptures of Christianity ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- the selection of marriage partners. In the case of exogamy, even the ... of exogamy and endogamy has fluctuated. In cases where a minority group ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar ... stands as one of the greatest Mughal leaders in India, reigning during the ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- Dubai (in Arabic: دبيّ, Dubayy, /dʊ'baɪ/ in English) is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- gender inequalities and equal rights for women. The term “feminism” ... Islamic feminism is concerned with the role of women in Islam. It ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
- Sin is a term used to describe either an action that is prohibited ... is the baneful result of one's misdeeds in both the present life and in ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- was founded by the Mongol leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim ... Jahan, Jehangir's son, became emperor in October 1627, the empire was ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Challenges to the institution of marriage in the twentieth century ... anthropologist James Q. Wilson said, "In virtually every society, the ...46 KB (7,203 words) - 00:09, 22 October 2023
- The Mongol invasions of Europe were centered in their destruction ... the Silk Road was protected and secure. In the mid-thirteenth century ...27 KB (4,287 words) - 22:42, 30 September 2020
- the true name of God, and he is honored in Jewish tradition as a person ... Hebrew children should be killed by drowning in the Nile River (Ex. 3). The ...40 KB (6,642 words) - 20:52, 26 August 2020
- by the other religion(s). People involved in dialogue are rarely oriented ... of unprecedented global interaction in the modern age, which has provided ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- liberals. His most famous work, Democracy in America (1835), continues to ... of church and state and the significance of women in American society still ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- and Muslim thinkers; his impact is evident in the theology of St. Augustine ... was sixty-six years old when he died in 270 c.e., the second year of ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- suicide a dishonorable act; in the West it was regarded as ... involving people who are terminally ill, in extreme pain, and/or have minimal ...31 KB (4,676 words) - 21:40, 26 February 2023
- In the seventeenth century the Mughal emperor Jahangir set his eyes ... The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, Hindu ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country ... With Mugabe's resignation in November 2017 in the wake of ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- Prefecture and a prominent seaport city in Japan with a population of ... to open for trade with the Western world in 1868, and as such, it is known ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- |rels=Protestant Christian 69.14%, Roman Catholic 16.97%), Islam ... the coastal region surrounding Toraja. In fact, the term "toraja ...36 KB (5,331 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
- Azərbaycan Respublikası), is situated in the Caucasus region of Eurasia ... after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. An early source of ...40 KB (5,942 words) - 05:17, 26 August 2023
- and lived until they fell and were expelled. In the Qur'an it is simply ... of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Devil (in the Bible symbolized by a serpent ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- intervention, or to the work of a demon (as in the case of Simon Magus). The ... fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem) have not proven ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as: Bosnian Conflict ... Since the war in Bosnia is a consequence of events in the wider region ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- , is a landlocked country located in the heart of Asia. ... Iranian plateau. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- In this context, the narrative is a story that functions to legitimize ... The concept was criticized by Jean-François Lyotard in his work, ...13 KB (1,834 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
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- approach to divorce settlements has emerged in recent years, known as mediation ... unfavorably, if not outright prohibited. In recent times with the secularization ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- writing on her travels and observations in Africa challenged attitudes ... to cross gender frontiers at a time when women were thought incapable of ...29 KB (4,571 words) - 16:02, 7 November 2022
- One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political ... The concept of Messiah is prevalent in several world religions as ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- tells the story of Scheherazade (Šahrzād in Persian), a Sassanid Queen ... they reflect the values of that culture. In particular they are ultimately ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- of freedom of conscience was not recognized in what was an age when both Church ... Two quaestores paricidii (Inquisitors of Parricide) were appointed ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... a strong legacy of having participated in and profited from the African ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Turkmenistan (also known as Turkmenia) is a country in Central Asia ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...47 KB (6,838 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
