For any word written in a language with whose alphabet or alphabet equivalent has two cases, such as those using the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, or Armenian alphabet, capitalization (or capitalisation) is the writing of that word with its first letter in majuscules (uppercase) and the remaining letters in minuscules (lowercase). Such words may also be said to be in title case, since traditionally most words in titles of books, films, etc. are capitalized. In Unicode, a few letters have a title case form, ...

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• Capitalization - What to capitalize
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• Capitalization - Nouns
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• Capitalization - Others
• Capitalization - How to capitalise
• Capitalization - Headings and publication titles
• Capitalization - Compound names
• Capitalization - Accents
• Capitalization - Digraphs and ligatures
• Capitalization - Initial mutation

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The Zion Christian Church (or ZCC) is the largest African Initiated Church in southern Africa, with four million members [1]. The church's headquarters are at Zion City Moria in Limpopo Province, South Africa, and the church is led by Barnabas Lekganyane, the grandson of its founder. Zion Christian Church - History. Zion Christian Church - Origin. The ZCC was formed by Engenas Lekganyane, a f ...

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• Zion Christian Church - History
• Zion Christian Church - Origin
• Zion Christian Church - Zion City Moria
• Zion Christian Church - Schism
• Zion Christian Church - Characteristics and beliefs
• Zion Christian Church - Characteristics of the ZCC
• Zion Christian Church - Christian beliefs

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominati ...

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Bro'Town is New Zealand's first adult-targeted animated series. It is set amongst New Zealand's growing Pacific Islander community. Bro'Town is regarded by its viewers as New Zealand's answer to The Simpsons (though its visual crassness is reminiscent of other animated series.) and is based on the performance of the local four-man group The Naked Samoans. Vale, Valea, Jeff da Maori, Sione and Mack live in the suburb of Morningside (catchphrase: "Morningside 4 Life!"), and attend the local college, St Sylvester’s, where their principal is a Fa’afafine and the PE t ...

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• Bro'Town - The Boys
• Bro'Town - Other Residents of Morningside
• Bro'Town - Figures in Heaven
• Bro'Town - Guest stars
• Bro'Town - Season One 2004
• Bro'Town - Season Two 2005

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a U.S. rap group from Cleveland, Ohio known for their quick-tongued rapping style and harmonizing vocals. They are most notable for their 1996 hit "Tha Crossroads". Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Beginning. Formed in the early 1990s, the group was originally known as B.O.N.E Enterpri$e and consisted of Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone and Bizzy Bone. They recorded the album Faces Of Death under this moniker in early 1993. Soon after Flesh-N-Bone (Layzie Bone's brother) was add ...

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• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Beginning
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Ruthless Years
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin' On Ah Come Up
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art Of War
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - BTNHResurrection
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Thug World Order
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Turmoil
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - A New Beginning
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Legacy
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Line-up
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Current members
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Discography
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Main albums
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Compiliation albums
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Singles

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William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909, Kentucky - 1965) was an influential Bible minister sometimes credited with founding the Latter Rain Movement within American Pentecostal churches, elements of which are present in most modern Pentecostal and Charismatic churches (although William Branham denied any specific connection with the movement). Many consider him a false prophet who taught heret ...

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• William M. Branham - Early life conversion and ordination
• William M. Branham - Successful public ministry
• William M. Branham - Angelic visitations and supernatural signs
• William M. Branham - Branham's doctrines and teachings
• William M. Branham - His last years
• William M. Branham - Branham's legacy and influence
• William M. Branham - Current Followers and Main Belief
• William M. Branham - Where The Group Is Located

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Divination is the practice of ascertaining information from supernatural sources. If a distinction is to be made with fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, ...

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• Divination - For further reading
• Divination - Popular
• Divination - Academic

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Yahwistic is a theophoric term meaning of or pertaining to Yahweh, the name of the Jewish conception of monotheistic God, and can be applied as a suffix or prefix to a word. These prefixes or suffixes are yhw or variations of it, like ia-a in Akkaddian or yau. In common usage, the theophoric element of the word can be dropped- for example, the official name Jehoahaz becomes Ahaz among the commoners. Many- but not all- of the ancient Kings of Israel have Yahwistic n ...

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The Book of Mormon is one of four sacred texts of Mormonism, which also include the Bible, Pearl of Great Price, and Doctrine and Covenants. First published by Joseph Smith, Jr. in March 1830 in Palmyra, New York, it stands as the central dividing doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and other Christian faiths. Adherents to its teachings are commonly referred to as Mormons. The book's self-declared purpose is to testify of Jesus, through the writings of ancient prophets of the Western Hemis ...

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• Book of Mormon - Content
• Book of Mormon - Title Page
• Book of Mormon - Organization
• Book of Mormon - Investigation of the book
• Book of Mormon - Brief narrative summary
• Book of Mormon - The book's major themes
• Book of Mormon - Origin of the Book of Mormon
• Book of Mormon - Authorship
• Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith as Translator
• Book of Mormon - Alternative explanations
• Book of Mormon - Views of historicity
• Book of Mormon - Latter Day Saint views
• Book of Mormon - Critics' views
• Book of Mormon - Role of the Book of Mormon in Mormonism
• Book of Mormon - Differences between the Book of Mormon and Latter-day Saint doctrine
• Book of Mormon - Book of Mormon Editions

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The Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienna. Since January 1st, 2006, the seat of the Presidency of the EU has been in Vienna, where Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel assumes leade ...

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• Austria - Origin and history of the name
• Austria - History
• Austria - Austria and the Holy Roman Empire
• Austria - Modern history
• Austria - Politics
• Austria - Subdivisions
• Austria - Geography
• Austria - Climate
• Austria - Economy
• Austria - Demographics
• Austria - Politics concerning ethnic groups Volksgruppenpolitik
• Austria - Religion
• Austria - Culture
• Austria - Miscellaneous topics

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Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's own species and usually refers to humans eating other humans (sometimes called anthropophagy). Cannibalism has been attributed to many different tribes and ethnicities in the past, but the degree to which it has actually occurred and been socially sanctioned is an extremely controversial topic in anthropology. Some anthropologists argue that cannibalism has been almost non-existent and view claims of cannibalism with extreme skepticism, while others argue that the pr ...

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• Cannibalism - Non-human cannibalism
• Cannibalism - Cannibalism among humans
• Cannibalism - Modern cannibalism
• Cannibalism - Historical cannibalism incidents
• Cannibalism - Cannibalism in war
• Cannibalism - 'Cannibalism' as cultural libel
• Cannibalism - Sexualized cannibalism fantasies and real
• Cannibalism - Cannibal themes in myth religion or arts
• Cannibalism - Cannibalism as sympathetic magic
• Cannibalism - Cannibalism as a funeral rite
• Cannibalism - Cannibalism in popular culture
• Cannibalism - Other uses of the word

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In Scientology doctrine, Xenu (also Xemu) is a galactic ruler (of the "Galactic Confederacy") who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to cause problems today. These events are known to Scientologists as "Incident II", and the traumatic memories associated with them as The Wall of Fire or the R6 implant. The story of Xenu is ...

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• Xenu - Summary of the Xenu story
• Xenu - Xenu's volcanoes
• Xenu - Xenu in Scientology doctrine
• Xenu - Origins of the Xenu story
• Xenu - Other versions of the Xenu story
• Xenu - Xenu in popular culture
• Xenu - The influence of OT III on Scientology
• Xenu - Xenu or Xemu?
• Xenu - The Church of Scientology's position on Xenu
• Xenu - Scientific critiques
• Xenu - Sources

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The Noahide Laws (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח -- Seven Noahide Laws), also called the Brit Noah ("Covenant [of] Noah") are the mitzvot (commandments) and halakhot ("laws") that Judaism teaches that all non-Jews are morally bound to follow. They are listed in the Talmud and elaborated on by post-Talmudic authorities. Opinions differ on the reach of these commandments and the laws derived from them, but all contemporary authorities agree that there are seven commandments. These command ...

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• Noahide Laws - Origin
• Noahide Laws - The seven laws
• Noahide Laws - Definition of Noahides
• Noahide Laws - Subdividing the seven laws
• Noahide Laws - Recent developments
• Noahide Laws - Other religions as Noahide
• Noahide Laws - Islam
• Noahide Laws - Christianity
• Noahide Laws - Christian criticism
• Noahide Laws - Christian adherence
• Noahide Laws - Notes

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Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of god(s). That is, all who do not have such a belief - whether they think of themselves as nontheists, agnostics or even Buddhists - are covered under this term. Atheism can also be defined more narrowly as the active denial of the existence of god(s), either of a specific or general kind, or even that god(s) can exist. Generally speaking, atheism refers to a la ...

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• Atheism - Etymology
• Atheism - Types and typologies of atheism
• Atheism - Atheism as lack of theism
• Atheism - Atheism as immorality
• Atheism - Weak and strong atheism
• Atheism - Ignosticism
• Atheism - Gnostic and agnostic atheism
• Atheism - Atheism in philosophical naturalism
• Atheism - Antitheism
• Atheism - History
• Atheism - Distribution of atheists
• Atheism - Atheism in the United Kingdom
• Atheism - Atheism in the United States
• Atheism - Atheism studies and statistics
• Atheism - Statistical problems
• Atheism - Religion and atheism
• Atheism - Spiritual and religious atheism
• Atheism - Judaism
• Atheism - Christianity
• Atheism - Islam
• Atheism - Asian spirituality
• Atheism - Reasons for atheism
• Atheism - Philosophical reasons
• Atheism - Personal and social reasons
• Atheism - Three famous atheists: Freud Marx and Nietzsche
• Atheism - Criticisms of atheism
• Atheism - Atheism is incoherent
• Atheism - Atheism doesn't exist
• Atheism - Atheism leads to poor morals and ethics
• Atheism - Atheism is a belief as much as theism is
• Atheism - Related concepts
• Atheism - Organizations
• Atheism - Satire

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Devanagari/Hindi: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी; Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી; October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) was the spiritual and political leader of India who led the struggle for Indian independence from the British Empire, empowered by tens of millions of Indians. Throughout his life, he rejected any form of terrorism or violence. His philosophy of nonviolence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, has influenced national and inter ...

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• Mahatma Gandhi - Early Life
• Mahatma Gandhi - Civil rights movement in South Africa 1893–1914
• Mahatma Gandhi - Inspirations
• Mahatma Gandhi - Personal Life
• Mahatma Gandhi - Movement for India's Independence 1916–1945
• Mahatma Gandhi - Champaran and Kheda
• Mahatma Gandhi - Non-Cooperation Movement
• Mahatma Gandhi - Simon Commission and Swaraj
• Mahatma Gandhi - Salt Satyagraha and the Yeravda Pact
• Mahatma Gandhi - 1930s: Accepting Power Conflict with Bose
• Mahatma Gandhi - Do or Die: World War II and Quit India
• Mahatma Gandhi - Freedom and Partition of India 1945–1947
• Mahatma Gandhi - Post-Independence
• Mahatma Gandhi - Assassination and Dying Words
• Mahatma Gandhi - Gandhi's Vision and Principles
• Mahatma Gandhi - Vision for India
• Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence
• Mahatma Gandhi - Satya
• Mahatma Gandhi - Vegetarianism
• Mahatma Gandhi - Celibacy
• Mahatma Gandhi - Silence
• Mahatma Gandhi - Simple living
• Mahatma Gandhi - Religion
• Mahatma Gandhi - Faith
• Mahatma Gandhi - The Leadership of Mahatma Gandhi
• Mahatma Gandhi - Modern criticism
• Mahatma Gandhi - Recognition
• Mahatma Gandhi - Mahatma
• Mahatma Gandhi - Artistic depictions
• Mahatma Gandhi - Commemorations Beyond India
• Mahatma Gandhi - References for the article on Mahatma Gandhi

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Origen (ca. 182–ca. 251) was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. He is thought to have been born at Alexandria, and died at Caesarea. His writings are important as one of the first serious intellectual attempts to describe Christianity. Origen - Life. Origen - Early training. His full name was apparently Origenes Adamantius. He was educated by his father, Leonides, on the Bible ...

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• Origen - Life
• Origen - Early training
• Origen - Conflict with Demetrius and removal to Caesarea
• Origen - Works
• Origen - Exegetical writings
• Origen - Extant commentaries of Origen
• Origen - Dogmatic practical and apologetic writings
• Origen - Views
• Origen - Philosophical and religious
• Origen - Theological and dogmatic
• Origen - The Logos doctrine and cosmology
• Origen - Christology
• Origen - Eschatology
• Origen - Character
• Origen - Origen's influence on the later Church
• Origen - Reference

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Karma or "Karm"(Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kri, "to do", meaning deed) or Kamma (Pali: meaning action, effect, destiny) is a term in several eastern religions that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done and is currently doing. The effects of those deeds actively create present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present ...

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• Karma - Karma in the Dharma-based religions
• Karma - Hinduism
• Karma - Buddhism
• Karma - Analogs of Karma - God the judge
• Karma - Western interpretation
• Karma - New Age and Theosophy
• Karma - Psychology

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Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by whic ...

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• Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism
• Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal
• Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
• Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
• Kabbalah - The modern world
• Kabbalah - Primary texts
• Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
• Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God
• Kabbalah - Sefirot
• Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view
• Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Foretelling the future
• Kabbalah - Practical applications
• Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
• Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Criticisms
• Kabbalah - Dualism
• Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
• Kabbalah - Early critiques
• Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
• Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Fictional representations
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah personalities
• Kabbalah - Footnotes

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The historical interaction of Islam and Judaism began in the 7th century with the spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula. Because both of these religions share a common origin in the Middle East, and because of the shared aspects between Judaism and Islam, as well as the influence of Muslim culture and philosophy on practitioners of Judaism within the Islamic world, there has been considerable and continued physical, theological, and political overlap between the two faiths in the subsequent 1,400 years. Islam and Juda ...

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• Islam and Judaism - Early relationship
• Islam and Judaism - Islamic view of the Torah
• Islam and Judaism - Historical
• Islam and Judaism - Spain 711-1492
• Islam and Judaism - Ottoman Empire 1326-1800
• Islam and Judaism - Iraq
• Islam and Judaism - Persia and Iran 711-1900
• Islam and Judaism - North Africa
• Islam and Judaism - Tunisia
• Islam and Judaism - Morocco
• Islam and Judaism - Egypt
• Islam and Judaism - Algeria
• Islam and Judaism - Central Asia and the Mongol Khanates
• Islam and Judaism - Interplay between Jewish and Islamic thought
• Islam and Judaism - Major thinkers in Jewish and Islamic philosophy
• Islam and Judaism - Influence on exegesis
• Islam and Judaism - Influences on Worship

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations
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• Paul of Tarsus - Life
• Paul of Tarsus - Early life
• Paul of Tarsus - Conversion and early teachings
• Paul of Tarsus - Consultations with the Apostles
• Paul of Tarsus - Founding of churches
• Paul of Tarsus - Arrest Rome and later life
• Paul of Tarsus - Paul's trip to Rome imprisonment and death
• Paul of Tarsus - Theological teachings
• Paul of Tarsus - Social views
• Paul of Tarsus - Writings
• Paul of Tarsus - The Legendary tradition
• Paul of Tarsus - Alternative views
• Paul of Tarsus - Christianity as mystery religion
• Paul of Tarsus - Paul as usurper of the Apostles
• Paul of Tarsus - Gnostic
• Paul of Tarsus - Paul as inclusionist
• Paul of Tarsus - New Perspective on Paul
• Paul of Tarsus - Agent of Rome?
• Paul of Tarsus - Notes

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Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in IslamIncluding:

• Prophets of Islam - Prophets in the Qur'an
• Prophets of Islam - Other Possible Prophets
• Prophets of Islam - Index of Verses
• Prophets of Islam - Adam آدم
• Prophets of Islam - Idris Enoch ادريس
• Prophets of Islam - Nuh Noah نوح
• Prophets of Islam - Hud Heber هود
• Prophets of Islam - Saleh Shelah صالح
• Prophets of Islam - Ibrahim Abraham ابراهيم
• Prophets of Islam - Lut Lot لوط
• Prophets of Islam - Ismail Ishmael اسماعيل
• Prophets of Islam - Ishaq Isaac اسحاق
• Prophets of Islam - Yaqub Jacob يعقوب
• Prophets of Islam - Yusuf Joseph يوسف
• Prophets of Islam - Shoaib Jethro شعيب
• Prophets of Islam - Musa Moses موسى
• Prophets of Islam - Harun Aaron هارون
• Prophets of Islam - Daud David داود
• Prophets of Islam - Sulayman Solomon سليمان
• Prophets of Islam - Ayub Job أيوب
• Prophets of Islam - Ilyas Elijah إلياس
• Prophets of Islam - Zulkifl possibly Ezekiel ذو الكفل
• Prophets of Islam - Al-Yasa Elisha اليسع
• Prophets of Islam - Yunus Jonah يونس
• Prophets of Islam - Zakariya Zechariah زكريا
• Prophets of Islam - Yahya John يحيى
• Prophets of Islam - Isa Jesus عيسى

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Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव or श्रीशिव (when used to distinguish lordly status), and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration, pronounced as "shιvə") is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. Adi Sankara interprets the name Śiva to mean "One who purifies everyone by the utterance of His name" or the Pure One. That is, Śiva is unaffected by the three gunas (characteristics) of Prakrti (matter): Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Śiva is "the destroyer", ...

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• Shiva - Introduction
• Shiva - Consorts and the Burning of Kamadeva
• Shiva - Other Legends
• Shiva - The Sons of Shiva
• Shiva - Attributes of Lord Shiva
• Shiva - Other Forms and Legends
• Shiva - Schools and Views of Śivaism
• Shiva - Origin Theories
• Shiva - Names of Śiva