Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Etymology
In Arabic, Islām derives from the three-letter root Sīn-Lām-Mīm (س-ل-م), which means "submission; to surrender; to obey; peace". I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Etymology
In Arabic, Islām derives from the three-letter root س-ل-م, which means "to be in peaceful submission; to surrender; to obey; peace". ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Etymology
See main article: Shi'a etymology The term Shi'a comes from the Arabic word شيعة Shi'a. The singular/adjective form of this name is A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia - Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulema: Encyclopedia - Ulema
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia - Allah
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iblis: Encyclopedia - Iblis
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia - Genie
Genie is the English term for the Arabic "jinni | جن". In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muslim: Encyclopedia - Muslim
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohim: Encyclopedia - Elohim
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isa: Encyclopedia - Isa
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia - Heresy
Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a "theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia - Combative Jihad
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Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia - Sufism
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia - Demon
In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Major Centers Of Shi'a Scholarship
... See also:Shi'a Islam, Shi'a Islam - Etymology, Shi'a Islam - Introduction, Shi'a Islam - Demographics of Shi'a Islam, Shi'a Islam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Major Centers Of Shi'a Scholarship
... See also:Shi'a Islam, Shi'a Islam - Etymology, Shi'a Islam - Introduction, Shi'a Islam - Demographics of Shi'a Islam, Shi'a Islam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Demographics Of Shi'a Islam
See Demographics of Islam. Present estimates generally stem from the 1980s before or slightly after the Iran-Iraq War indicate that some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Demographics Of Shi'a Islam
See Demographics of Islam. Present estimates generally stem from the 1980s before or slightly after the Iran-Iraq War indicate that some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a And Sunni Traditions
While the Shi'a and the Sunni accept the same sacred text, the Qur'an, they differ somewhat in their approach to recorded oral tradition,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Religious Calendar
All Muslims, Sunni or Shi'a, celebrate the following annual holidays: Eid ul-Fitr (عيد الفطر), which falls on the first day of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a Texts
Online Shi'a references: The Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam by S.H.M. Jafri. ISBN: 0-195-79-3870 (online version) Imamate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a Doctrines
Shi'a Islam - Main Shi'a doctrines. Shi'a believe in doctrines included in the Sunni five pillars of Islam, however Shi'a categorize th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - History Of The Shi'a
Shi'a Islam - Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations. See main article: Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations Shi'a and Sunni historians record th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - History Of The Shi'a
Shi'a Islam - Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations. See main article: Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations Shi'a and Sunni historians record th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a And Sunni Traditions
While the Shi'a and the Sunni accept the same sacred text, the Qur'an, they differ somewhat in their approach to recorded oral tradition,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Religious Calendar
All Muslims, Sunni or Shi'a, celebrate the following annual holidays: Eid ul-Fitr (عيد الفطر), which falls on the first day of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - The Shi'a Denominations
The Shi'a of the present day are divided into denominations based on their beliefs regarding the sequence of the imams. Most Shi'a are T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a Doctrines
Shi'a Islam - Main Shi'a doctrines. Shi'a believe in doctrines included in the Sunni five pillars of Islam, however Shi'a categorize th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - Shi'a Texts
Online Shi'a references: The Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam by S.H.M. Jafri. ISBN: 0-195-79-3870 (online version) Imamate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - History Of The Shi'a
Shi'a Islam - Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations. See main article: Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations Shi'a and Sunni historians record th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shi'a Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a Islam - The Shi'a Denominations
The Shi'a of the present day are divided into denominations based on their beliefs regarding the sequence of the imams. Most Shi'a are T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ijtihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ijtihad - In Modern Times
Muslims living in the West are subject to secular laws of the state rather than Islamic Law. In this context ijtihad becomes mainly a the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ijtihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ijtihad - Ijtihad In Sunni Islam
In early Islam ijtihad was a commonly used legal practice, and was well integrated with the philosophy of kalam, its secular counterpart....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia Ii - Allah - Islamic Use Of Allāh
From the point of view of traditional Islamic theology, Allāh is the most precious name of God because it is not a descriptive name like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulema: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulema - Works
The ulema in most nations consider themselves to represent the consensus (or ijma) of the community of Muslims (or ummah), or to represen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia Ii - Allah - Etymology
Allah - Usage. Although, outside the Arab world, use of the word Allāh is most often associated with Islam, it is not exclusive to tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia Ii - Allah - Other Beliefs
The Nation of Gods and Earths, one of the many sects created as the result of black separatist movements in the United States, holds that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ijtihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Ijtihad - Ijtihad In Shi'a Islam.
The following points are presented in order to clarify the purpose of Ijtihad: God is All-Powerful, All-Knowing. God created Laws for hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulema: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulema - Role
The Ulema, are the community of legal scholars that produce texts related to Sharia. Their organization and powers vary from Muslim commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulema: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulema - Role
The Ulema, are the community of legal scholars that produce texts related to Sharia. Their organization and powers vary from Muslim commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia Ii - Allah - Etymology
Allah - Usage. Although, outside the Arab world, use of the word Allāh is most often associated with Islam, it is not exclusive to tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allah: Encyclopedia Ii - Allah - Islamic Concept Of God
The Islamic concept of mankind's place in the universe hinges on the notion that Allāh, or God, is the only true reality. There is nothi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohim: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohim - Etymology
The etymology of the word Elohim is prehistoric, and therefore unknown. There are many theories, however, including the following: Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kafir: Encyclopedia Ii - Kafir - According To Scholars
According to some scholars in Islam, the correct use of the word kafir in Islamic theology does not include either Christians, Samaritans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Jinn In The Occult
In sorcery books Jinn are classified into four races after the classical elements, Earth, Air, Fire (Ifrit) and Water (Marid) and presume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Genies In Western Culture
In Western fiction, after the Aladdin tale in the Western version of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, genies live in small oil la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Djinn In Popular Culture
Awareness about the origins of the genie myth, and the use of the original spelling djinn has become more common. Usually, the term djinn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Etymology
Genie is an Anglicization of the original Arabic term jinn. However, it may not have come directly into English language but rather throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Jinn In Pre-islamic Mythology
For the ancient Semites, jinn were spirits of vanished ancient peoples who acted during the night and disappeared with the first light of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Jinn In Islam
Traditionally, Muslims believe that djinn are real beings. The jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made of smokeless fire by Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohim: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohim - Hebrew Grammar
Elohim has plural morphological form in Hebrew, but it is used with singular verbs and adjectives in the Hebrew text when the particular ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muslim: Encyclopedia Ii - Muslim - Other Words For Muslim
Many English-language writers used to call Muslims Mohammedans or Mahometans, meaning "followers of Mohammed," but this terminology is co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kafir: Encyclopedia Ii - Kafir - Quranic Reference
The word “kafir” (and variations of it) is mentioned in the Qur’an in five different senses: 1. Kufr al-tawheed: to reject the beli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kafir: Encyclopedia Ii - Kafir - Acts That Invalidate Islam
"Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with Him, but He forgives whom He pleases other sins than that" (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kafir: Encyclopedia Ii - Kafir - Muslim Relations With The Kafir
For dealing with non-Muslims, the general rule is mentioned in the verse that says what means: Allah does not forbid you respecting thos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hijri Year: Encyclopedia Ii - Hijri Year - History
Hijri year - Migration to Medina. Muhammads preachings did not at first have much success in the city of Mecca. His tribe, the Quraysh,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Din Arabic Term: Encyclopedia Ii - Din Arabic Term - According To Scholars
[citation needed] In "Lugh’at-ul-Quran" (Dictionary of the words and concepts of the Quran - Four Volumes, 1941, Tolu-e-Islam Trust 25-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Etymology
The word "heresy" comes from the Greek αιρεσις, hairesis (from αιρεομαι, haireomai, "choose"), which means either a choice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Religious Heresy
Heresy - Christianity. The use of the term heresy in the context of Christianity is less common today, with some notable exceptions: se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Mujahedeen In Bosnia
During the Bosnian war, Bosniak forces received financial and military aid from Islamic countries. This military aid was partially sent i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Mujahedeen In Bosnia
During the Bosnian war, Bosniak forces received financial and military aid from Islamic countries. This military aid was partially sent i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Combative Jihad - Offensive Jihad
Offensive jihad is the waging of wars of aggression and conquest against non-Muslims in order to bring their territories under Islamic ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Combative Jihad - Offensive Jihad
Offensive jihad is the waging of wars of aggression and conquest against non-Muslims in order to bring their territories under Islamic ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Influences
A number of scholars perceive influences on Sufism from pre-Islamic and non-Islamic sources and schools of mysticism and philosophy. Some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Islam
Islam recognized the existence of all the pagan demons, good and evil, protesting only against their being considered gods. Islam divides...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy - Contemporary Heresy
Today, heresy can be without a religious context as the holding of ideas that are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo in any ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Combative Jihad - Defensive Jihad
Some Muslims consider armed struggle against foreign occupation or oppression by domestic government to be worthy of defensive jihad. Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Etymology
The idea of demons is as old as religion itself, and the word "demon" seems to have ancient origins. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Etymology
The idea of demons is as old as religion itself, and the word "demon" seems to have ancient origins. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Islamic Views
The belief in angels is central to the religion of Islam, beginning with the belief that the Qur'an was dictated to the Prophet Muhammad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Pre-islamic Arab Culture
Pre-Islamic mythology does not discriminate between gods and demons. The jinn are considered as divinities of inferior rank, having many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Etymology
A few etymologies for the word Sufi have been suggested. The first etymological theory states that the root word of Sufi is the Arabic wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Etymology
A few etymologies for the word Sufi have been suggested. One etymological theory states that the root word of Sufi is the Arabic word saa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Orders Of Sufism
Sufism - Traditional orders. The traditional Sufi orders all emphasize the role of Sufism within Islam. Therefore the Sharia (tradional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufism - Orders Of Sufism
Sufism - Traditional orders. The traditional Sufi orders all emphasize the role of Sufism within Islam. Therefore the Sharia (tradional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Ancient Persia
During the time of Zarathustra the same word (Div) received the notion of demon in the Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrianism and the Avest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In The Hebrew Bible
Demons as described in the Tanakh are not the same as "demons" commonly known in popular or Christian culture. The demons mentioned in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Jewish Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical demonology has three classes of, demons, though they are scarcely separable one from another. There were the shedim, the mazzi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In The New Testament And Christianity
"Demon" has a number of meanings, all related to the idea of a spirit that inhabited a place, or that accompanied a person. Whether such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Christian Myth And Legend
Building upon the few references to daemons in the New Testament, especially the visionary poetry of the Apocalypse of John, Christian wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Hinduism
There are three kinds of anthromorphic beings, the devas (demigods), the manushyas (human beings) and the asuras (demons). The asuras liv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Other Cultures And Religions
Demons are found in many religions, and many cultures have developed a rich mythology of demons. The study of demons is called demonology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Hellenistic Neopaganism
In modern Hellenistic Neopaganism (particularly in self-described Hellenistic sects in the United States), a demon can be a variety of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Art Literature And Television
Many classic books and plays feature demons, such as the Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost and Faust. Anton Rubinstein's lushly chromatic oper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Science
Scientists occasionally invent hypothetical entities with special abilities as part of a thought experiment. These "demons" have abilitie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Games
The earliest connection of the word with games is that the British call a form of solitaire "Demon", from at least the nineteenth century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Beliefs
The basis of Islamic belief is found in the shahādatān ("two testimonies", Arabic: لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الل...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Beliefs
Followers of Islam, known as Muslims, believe that God (or, in Arabic, Allāh; also in Aramaic Alaha) revealed his direct word for mankin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Organization
Islam - Religious authority. There is no official authority who decides whether a person is accepted into, or dismissed from, the commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Schools Denominations
There are a number of Islamic religious denominations, each of which has significant theological and legal differences from each other bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Organization
Islam - Religious authority. There is no official authority who decides whether a person is accepted into, or dismissed from, the commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Religions Based On Islam
The following groups consider themselves Muslims, but are not considered Islamic by the majority of Muslims or Muslim authorities: The N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - History
Islamic history begins in Arabia in the 7th century with the emergence of the prophet Muhammad. Within a century of his death, an Islamic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Schools Denominations
There are a number of Islamic religious denominations, each of which has significant theological and legal differences from each other bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Religions Based On Islam
The following groups consider themselves Muslims, but are not considered Islamic by the majority of Muslims or Muslim authorities: The N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Islam And Other Religions
The Qur'an contains injunctions to respect other religions. It also asks the followers to fight and subdue unbelievers in times of war an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - History
Modern Islamic history begins in Arabia in the 7th century with the emergence of the prophet Muhammad. Within a century of his death, an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Islam And Other Religions
The Qur'an contains both injunctions to respect other religions, and to fight and subdue unbelievers. Muslims do not agree on how to inte...   » Read the article