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Islam: Encyclopedia - Islam
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
Ali • Abu Bakr
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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". ...
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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...
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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...
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