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 - Islamism: Encyclopedia - Islamism
Islamism refers to a set of political ideologies derived from various religious views of Muslim fundamentalists, which hold that Islam is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam, Islamism: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Islam, Islamism
ISLAM, ISLAMISM: The monotheistic religious doctrine as revealed by the Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah. There are many sects of Islam ...   » Read the article

Article - Islam: The Four Phases Of Islamic Thought
Islam: The Four Phases of Islamic Thought Islamic thought, Shariah and Fiqh as it exists today has metamorphosed through various pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam And Judaism: Encyclopedia - Islam And Judaism
The historical interaction of Islam and Judaism began in the 7th century with the spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula. Because both ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Adoption: Encyclopedia - Islamic Adoption
Islam has its own rules of regulations regarding adoption, quite distinct from the western practice of adoption Adoption in Islam is not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Islamic Philosophy
Islamic philosophy (الفلسفة الإسلامية)is a part of the Islamic studies, and is a longstanding attempt to create harmony ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia - Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the Western world to describe Islamist groups. However, usage of the term is often expanded t...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calligraphy: Encyclopedia - Islamic Calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy is an aspect of Islamic art that has co-evolved alongside the religion of Islam and the Arabic language. Arabic/Persi...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Christo-islamic: Encyclopedia - Christo-islamic
Christo-Islamic is a term of comparative religion to connect fundamental ideas in Christianity with similar ones in Islam. Islam, which a...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Apostasy In Islam: Encyclopedia - Apostasy In Islam
Apostasy in Islam (ارتداد, Irtidād) is the rejection of Islam by some means. Spoken or written renunciation of Islam is apostasy, ...   » Read the article

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

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

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

Dictionary - Islam, Islam: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Islam, Islam
Islam, Islam (Arabic) (from salama to be free, devoted)   Signifies submission and obedience to Allah, being the name of the reli...   » 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 - 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 - 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

Dictionary - Islam: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Islam
Islam (Arabic) Religion based on "submission to the will of God", way of life of the followers of the prophet Muhammad &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Islam
Islam A world religion based on the teachings and life of Muhammad (570-632 AD) in Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia (then Persia). Islam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Health And Healing Dictionary On Islam
Islam: A world religion based on the teachings and life of Mohammed (570-632 AD) in Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia (then Persia). Isla...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Islam
Islam: The religion founded by Prophet Muhammed in Arabia about 625 ce. Islam connotes submission to Allah, the name for God in this r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Islam
Islam A world religion based on the teachings and life of Muhammad (570-632 AD) in Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia (then Persia). Islam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Islam
Islam A world religion based on the teachings and life of Muhammad (570-632 AD) in Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia (then Persia). Islam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Social Studies Dictionary - Islam
Definition and meaning of Islam   Islam - [World History] Islam is a religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Islam: Social Studies Dictionary - Islam
Definition and meaning of Islam   Islam - [World History] Islam is a religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed w...   » Read the article

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 In Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Kazakhstan - Islam In The Past
As part of the Central Asian population and the Turkic world, Kazaks are conscious of the role Islam plays in their identity, and there i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Kazakhstan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Kazakhstan - Islam And The State
In 1990 Nursultan Nazarbayev, then party first secretary, created a state basis for Islam by removing Kazakstan from the authority of the...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 In Malaysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Malaysia - Islam Hadhari
The term "Islam Hadhari" or progressive Islam has been introduced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Uzbekistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Uzbekistan - Political Islam
In light of the role that Islam has played throughout Uzbekistan's history, many observers expected that political Islam would gain a str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Russia - Islam Today
Relations between the Russian government and Muslim elements of the population have been marked by mistrust and suspicion. In 1992, for e...   » 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 - 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 - Islam In Uzbekistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Uzbekistan - Mainstream Islam
Islam in Uzbekistan - 1990s. For the most part, however, in the first years of independence Uzbekistan is seeing a resurgence of a more...   » 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 In Indonesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Indonesia - Islamic Organizations
The leading national "modernist" social organization, Muhammadiyah, has branches throughout the country and approximately 30 million foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Economics - Islamic Stocks
In June 2005 Dow Jones Indexes, New York, and RHB Securities, Kuala Lumpur, teamed up to launch a new "Islamic Malaysia Index" —a colle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - The Effect Of Islamism
The nebulous revivalist movement termed Islamism is one of the most dynamic movements within Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Islami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Jordan - Islamic Revival
The 1980s witnessed a stronger and more visible adherence to Islamic customs and beliefs among significant segments of the population. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Mythology - Islamic Mythology
Stories of genies, magic lamps, flying carpets, and wishes contained in tales from the Arabian Nights and other works have been passed do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Azerbaijan - Islamic Revival
Gradually, during the Soviet imperial twilight, signs of religious reawakening not only multiplied but surfaced into the open. According ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Islam - The Spread Of Islam
After Muhammad's death, Abu Bakr, his father-in-law and one of the earliest converts, assumed leadership of the Muslim community. This is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Afghanistan - Politicized Islam
Although Shariah courts existed in urban centers after Ahmad Shah Durrani established an Afghan state in 1747, the primary judicial basis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In France - Islamism In France
Islamism (Islamisme in French) is a term that is rather less used than others, perhaps due to its lack of precision. The following terms ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic World: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic World - Islam In Politics
Many people in Islamic countries also see Islam manifested politically as Islamism. In democratic countries there is usually at least one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Bangladesh - Politicized Islam
Post-1971 regimes sought to increase the role of the government in the religious life of the people. The Ministry of Religious Affairs pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Pakistan - Politicized Islam
From the outset, politics and religion have been intertwined both conceptually and practically in Islam. Because the Prophet established ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Somalia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Somalia - Rising Islamism
Somali Islam rendered the world intelligible to Somalis and made their lives more bearable in a harsh land. Amidst the interclan violence...   » 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 - 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 - Islamic Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Mathematics - Islamic Mathematicians
Spherical trigonometry was largely developed by Muslims, and systematized (along with plane trigonometry) by Persian mathematician Nasir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamism - History
Although Islamic states based on Shari'a law have existed since the earliest days of Islam, Islamism refers to modern movements that deve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Art - Mediums Of Islamic Art
Islamic art throughout history has been mainly abstract and decorative, portraying geometric, floral, Arabesque, and calligraphic designs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamism - Definition
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Islamist movements, along with other political movements inspired by Islam, gained in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Art - Mediums Of Islamic Art
Islamic art throughout history has been mainly abstract and decorative, portraying geometric, floral, Arabesque, and calligraphic designs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Studies - Subarticles
Islamic studies incorporates elements of : Islamic studies - Islamization of knowledge. Islamization of knowledge is a term which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Studies - Subarticles
Islamic studies incorporates elements of : Islamic studies - Islamization of knowledge. Main article: Islamization of knowledge ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Libya: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Libya - Islam In Revolutionary Libya
Under the revolutionary government, the role of orthodox Islam in Libyan life has become progressively more important. Qadhafi is a highl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam And Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam And Anarchism - Anarchist Criticism Of Islam
Since much of the anarchist movement occurred in countries under the influence of the Christian church, most of the criticism of religion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamism - Islamism And Modern Political Theory
The foundation of modern Islamist thought is the many centuries of Islamic theology and political science, but the development of modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Uzbekistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Uzbekistan - Islam In The Soviet Era
Soviet authorities did not prohibit the practice of Islam as much as they sought to coopt and utilize religion to placate a population th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Nigeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Nigeria - Islam In Nigerian Society
Two features of Islam are essential to understanding its place in Nigerian society. They are the degree to which Islam permeates other in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Banking: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Banking - Principles In Islamic Banking
Islamic banking has the same purpose as conventional banking except that it claims to operate in accordance with the rules of Shariah, kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Medicine - Early Islamic Medicine
Islamic medicine - Prophetic Medicine. Prophetic Medicine (al-tibb) was a genre of medical writing intended as an alternative to the G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Indonesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Indonesia - Islam In Indonesian Society
To a significant degree, the striking variations in the practice and interpretation of Islam--in a much less austere form than that pract...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Economics - Interest
Islamic economic institutions, not just the Islamic bank but all those connected with Islamic banking, claim to operate on the basis of "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Bangladesh - Islam In Bangladeshi Society
The large scale conversion to Islam of the population of what was to become Bangladesh began in the thirteenth century and continued for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic World: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic World - Islam In Law And Ethics
In some nations, Muslim ethnic groups enjoy considerable autonomy. In some places, Muslims implement a form of Islamic law, called sharia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Russia - History Of Islam In Russia
The first Muslims at today Russia's territory was Daghestani people (region of Derbent) after the Arab conquests (8th century). The first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Jordan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Jordan - Islam In Social Life
Despite a strong identification with and loyalty to Islam, religious practices varied among segments of Jordan's population. This unevenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Egypt - Islam In Egyptian Society
As of 1990, Egyptian Islam was a complex and diverse religion. Although Muslims agreed on the faith's basic tenets, the country's various...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Art - Calligraphy
Forbidden to paint human beings and taught to revere the Qur'an, Islamic artists developed Arabic calligraphy into an art form. Calligrap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Democracy - The Compatibility Of Islam And Democracy
Most Islamic democracies fall under the first definition, leading many analysts to dismiss the compatibility of Islam with democracy. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Art - Caligraphy
Forbidden to paint human beings and taught to revere the Qur'an, Islamic artists developed Arabic calligraphy into an art form. Calligrap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Algeria - History
Islam in Algeria - Rise of Islam. See: Rise of Islam in Algeria Islam was first brought to Algeria by the Umayyad dynasty following t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic World: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic World - Main Denominations Of Islam
The two main denominations of Islam are the Sunni and Shia sects. The difference between them is primarily in terms of how the life of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Islam - The Zenith Of Islamic Power
The majority of the population of this new empire was non-Muslim, and aside from a protection tax (jizya) and other restrictions, the con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Calendar - Names Of The Islamic Months
Islamic Months Muharram Safar Rabi' al-awwal Rabi' al-thani Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-thani Rajab Sha'aban Ramadan Shawwal Dhu al-Qi'dah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Banking: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Banking - Islamic Laws On Trading
Like the Bible, the Qur'an prohibits gambling (games of chance involving money). The hadith literature, in addition to prohibiting gambli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Calendar - Names Of The Islamic Months
Islamic Months Muharram Safar Rabi' al-awwal Rabi' al-thani Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-thani Rajab Sha'aban Ramadan Shawwal Dhu al-Qi'dah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Science - History
Islamic science - Rise of the Islamic science. Main article: Islamic Golden Age Some Education systems teach that the world civilisati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Philosophy - Modern Islamic Philosophy
The tradition of Islamic Philosophy is still very alive today despite the beliefs of many Western cycles considering this tradition to ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Science - Fields
This are some of the fields Islamic science have worked with: Islamic science - Scientific method. The scientific method in its modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Egypt - Islamic Political Movements
Islamic political activism has a lengthy history in Egypt. Several Islamic political groups started soon after World War I ended. The mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Philosophy - Later Islamic Philosophy
The death of Ibn Rushd effectively marks the end of a particular discipline of Islamic philosophy usually called Peripatetic Arabic Schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Turkey - Islam's History In Turkey
By the end of the seventh century, conversion to Islam had begun among the Turkish-speaking tribes, who were migrating westward from Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Pakistan - Islam In Pakistani Society
In 713 CE, the Umayyad dynasty sent an Muslim Arab army led by Muhammad bin Qasim and it conquered Pakistan from Kashmir to the Arabian S...   » 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