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List Of Muslims: Encyclopedia - List Of Muslims
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
Ali • Abu Bakr
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List Of Muslims: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Muslims - Historical Figures
See List of Muslim historical figures
List of Muslims - Military Leaders.
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List Of Notable Muslim Reports: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Muslim Reports - By Category
List of notable Muslim reports - Ahl al-Bayt.
Hadith of the Cloak - Shi'a and Sunni Sahih
Hadith of Mubahela - Shi'a and Sunni Sahih
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Datu: Encyclopedia - Datu
Datu is the title for ancient tribal chieftains in the pre-hispanic Philippines. Together with Sultan and Raja they are also titles of ro...
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Western Muslims: Encyclopedia - Western Muslims
Western Muslims, Muslims who reside in The West. Ever since the rise of Islam, Muslims have lived in parts of the West alongside Jews and...
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Agiary: Encyclopedia - Agiary
A Fire Temple (also Dar-e Mihr, or Atash Kadeh in Iran, Agiary in India, and various names in North America) is a place of worship for Zo...
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Geber: Encyclopedia - Geber
Jabir Ibn Hayyan (full name Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan Al-Azdi, أبو موسى جابر بن ØÙŠØ§Ù† الأزدي; ca.721, Tus, Iran –...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Badr
The Battle of Badr (Arabic بدر) on Friday, 17 Ramadhan 2 AH or January 13 624 CE, was a seminal event in the formative days of Islam. ...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia - Hadith
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
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Companions...
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Mecca: Encyclopedia - Mecca
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
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Hajj: Encyclopedia - Hajj
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
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Isa: Encyclopedia - Isa
Islam
History of Islam
Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity
Muhammad
Ali • Abu Bakr
Companions...
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List Of Notable Muslim Reports: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Muslim Reports - By Denomination
List of notable Muslim reports - Authenticated by both Shi'a and Sunnis.
Hadith of the pond of Khumm - Shi'a and Sunni Mutawatir
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List Of Alleged Conspiracy Theories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Alleged Conspiracy Theories - Conspiracy Theories Peculiar To The Arab And Muslim Worlds
Daniel Pipes has written a book and many essays on the prevalence of conspiracy theories throughout the Arab and Muslim world. Conspiracy...
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - List
Here follows two list of all Islamic scholars, one for Muslim and one for non-Muslim.
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Non-muslim Scholars
Many non-Muslims have been interested in Islam, the first real scholars begining in the 19th century.
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Islam In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In The United States - Influential Muslims In The Us
American Muslims can be found in all professions in the United States. Muslim doctors, lawyers, teachers, and businessmen serve large and...
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Western Muslims: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Muslims - Historical Figures
Western Muslims - Theologians and Philosophers.
Hamza Yusuf Hanson, influential modern-day Islamic scholar.
Rene Guenon, philosopher a...
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Western Muslims: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Muslims - The Various Arts
Western Muslims - Writers and Poets.
Rukhsana Khan
Jeffrey Lang
Yahiya Emerick
Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood
Martin Lings
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Islam In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In The United States - Muslim Organizations In The Us
There are many Islamic orgainizations in the U.S. They include:
The largest of these groups is the American Society of Muslims (ASM), th...
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List Of Religious Leaders In 1953: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1953 - Islam And Its Offshoots
List of religious leaders in 1953 - Ismaili.
Nizari - Aga Khan III (1885-1957)
Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1915-1965)
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Muslim Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Muslim Scholars - Subarticles
For a list of all Muslim scholars, see List of Muslim scholars
Muslim scholars - Muslim jurists.
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List Of Religious Leaders In 1954: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1954 - Islam And Its Offshoots
List of religious leaders in 1954 - Ismaili.
Nizari - Aga Khan III (1885-1957)
Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1915-1965)
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List Of Religious Leaders In 1952: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1952 - Islam And Its Offshoots
List of religious leaders in 1952 - Ismaili.
Nizari - Aga Khan III (1885-1957)
Dawoodi Bohras - Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1915-1965)
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List Of Religious Leaders In 1954: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1954 - Christianity
List of religious leaders in 1954 - Catholic Churches.
Roman Catholic Church - Pius XII, Pope (1939-1958)
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List Of Religious Leaders In 1952: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1952 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1952 - Catholic not in communion with Rome.
Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites - Roman Maria Jakub PrÃ...
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Muslim Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - Muslim Philosophers - Fields
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian.
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Muslim Doctors: Encyclopedia Ii - Muslim Doctors - Sub-articles
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Right-wing Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Racist terrorists mostly neo-Nazis and white-supremacists.
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda - Rwand...
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Islam In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In The United States - Muslim History In The Us
As with many religious communities in the United States, the history of Islam begins with immigration. Two of the most well-known Muslim ...
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Religious Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Christian.
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Islam In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In The United States - Demography And Ethnic Background
According to the FACT survey, regular mosque attendees come from the following backgrounds: South Asian (33%), African-American (30%), Ar...
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian.
Main article: Palestinian political violence
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Islam In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In The United States - Cultural Clash
A number of analysts such as Daniel Pipes[10], Steven Emerson[11] and Robert Spencer[12] have suggested that a segment of the US muslim p...
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Right-wing Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Racist terrorists mostly neo-Nazis and white-supremacists.
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda - Rwand...
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Religious Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Christian.
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List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Religious Terrorists
List of terrorist organisations - Christian.
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Salafi: Encyclopedia Ii - Salafi - Overview
The word Salaf means predecessors (or ancestors) and refers to the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (the Sahaba), the early Muslims who...
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Muslim Scientists: Encyclopedia Ii - Muslim Scientists - Sub-articles
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Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Spain - Politics
Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales or National Assembly. The ...
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List Of Feminists: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Feminists - Third-wave Feminists
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Cultural Interest Fraternities And Sororities: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultural Interest Fraternities And Sororities - List Of National Cultural Interest Fraternities And Sororities
Cultural interest fraternities and sororities - Asian.
αΚΔΦ - alpha Kappa Delta Phi - a nationally established Asian-American inte...
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The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Simpsons - Simpsons Publications
Numerous different Simpsons-related comic book series have been published by Bongo Comics since 1993. The Simpsons, Futurama, and Bart Si...
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Agiary: Encyclopedia Ii - Agiary - Fire Temples Today
Fire Temples today are meeting places for Zoroastrians, as well as housing the sacred fire. Non-Zoroastrians are strictly prohibited from...
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Geber: Encyclopedia Ii - Geber - Contributions To Chemistry
Jabir is often called "Father of Chemistry", because he was the first scholar to scientifically systematize that science, to whose theory...
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List Of Alleged Conspiracy Theories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Alleged Conspiracy Theories - Other Conspiracy Theories
List of alleged conspiracy theories - Conspiracy theories pertaining to the 9/11 attacks.
9/11 conspiracy theories.
List of alleged ...
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Tariq Ibn-ziyad: Encyclopedia Ii - Tariq Ibn-ziyad - Ship Burning
There is no mention in Muslim books of this intentional or accidental burning of the ships. The claim appears only in European sources. I...
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Geber: Encyclopedia Ii - Geber - Biography
Jabir Ibn Hayyan was born around 721 in the town of Tus in Khorasan, Persia (present-day Iran). His father, a druggist of the Azd tribe, ...
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Muslim Opposition To Terrorism
The extent of support for Islamist terrorism within the Muslim population is disputed. Many Muslims have denounced terrorism in all of it...
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Geber: Encyclopedia Ii - Geber - Writings By Jabir
The writings of Jabir Ibn Hayyan can be divided into four categories:
1. The 112 Books dedicated to the Barmakids, viziers of Caliph Haru...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Other Muslim Views
The extent of support for "Islamist terrorism" within the Muslim population is disputed. Many Muslims have denounced support for terroris...
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Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Muslim Scholars
Muslim scholars are either born in a Muslim families, or converted to Islam. For a list of scholars specialized in:
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Ideological And Strategic Justification For Terrorism
Islamist terrorists claim they are defending Islam and the Ummah (the Muslim community). Islamic terrorists also claim that their aggress...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - Bridges Between Muslim And Western Scholars
Currently there is little communication between the world of Muslim hadith scholarship and Western academia. Muslim scholars reject the W...
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List Of Religious Populations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Populations - By Proportion
Countries with the greatest proportion of Christians (as of 2002):
Romania, 97.4% (Romanian Orthodoxism 86.8%, Catholicism 5.4%, Other C...
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Khazars: Encyclopedia Ii - Khazars - Government
Khazars - Khazar Kingship.
Main Articles: Khagan; Khagan Bek; for names of Khazar rulers see List of Khazar rulers.
Khazar kingship was...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - How Are Hadith Collections Viewed?
The overwhelming majority of Muslims consider hadiths to be essential supplements to and clarifications of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book....
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Geber: Encyclopedia Ii - Geber - Contributions To Alchemy
Jabir became an alchemist at the court of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, for whom he wrote the Kitab al-Zuhra ("The Book of Venus", on "the nobl...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - Value Of Hadith Compared To The Value Of The Qur'an
Muslims who accept hadith believe that trusted hadith are in most cases the words of Muhammad and not the word of God, like the Qur'an. H...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - Hadith Accepted By Sunni Islam
The Sunni canon of hadith took its final form four to five centuries after the death of Muhammad. Later scholars may have debated the aut...
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Salafi: Encyclopedia Ii - Salafi - Currents Of Thought Within Salafism
Some Salafis distinguish between traditional Wahhabism and modern Salafism. They say that Wahhabism is practiced in Saudi Arabia and prop...
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Salafi: Encyclopedia Ii - Salafi - Distinctive Beliefs And Practices
Salafis claim to preach a purified Islamic monotheism, or tawhid. Salafis believe that widespread Muslim practices such as venerating the...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - Types Of Hadith
Muslim scholars classify hadith relating to Muhammad as follows:
What Muhammad said (qawl)
What Muhammad did (fi'l)
What Muhammad approv...
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Salafi: Encyclopedia Ii - Salafi - Note On Salafi Vs. Wahabi Vs. Qutubi
The term Wahhabi was coined as a reference to Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, an Arabian teacher instrumental in reviving Ibn Taymiya's thoug...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Use Of Islamist Versus Islamic
Some journalists and politicians use the terms "Islamic terrorism" and "Islamist terrorism" interchangeably, but this use is contentious;...
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Ideology And Theology
Islamist terrorists claim they are defending Islam and the Ummah (the Muslim community). Islamic terrorists also claim that their aggress...
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Salafi: Encyclopedia Ii - Salafi - Distinctive Beliefs And Practices
Salafis claim to preach a purified Islamic monotheism, or tawhid. Salafis believe that widespread Muslim practices such as venerating the...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - How Hadith Were Collected And Evaluated
Traditions regarding the life of Muhammad and the early history of Islam were passed down orally for more than a hundred years after the ...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - Western Academic Views Of Hadith
Early Western exploration of Islam consisted primarily of translation of the Qur'an and a few histories, often supplemented with disparag...
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Islamic Comparative Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Comparative Religion - Subarticles
Islamic comparative religion - Islamic denomination studies.
Some Muslim scholars engages in the studies of comparative religion of th...
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Mecca: Encyclopedia Ii - Mecca - The Importance Of Mecca
For Muslims, a pilgrimage to Mecca is required as one of the Five Pillars of the faith. In recent years, about two to three million have ...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Organizations
The first Islamist terrorist groups, as defined by the U.S., were the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and Hezbollah of Lebanon. Both organiza...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Terrorist View
In the view of the terrorists involved, they are defending Islam and the Ummah. They believe that what they are doing is fighting agressi...
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Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Hajj - Non-muslims In Mecca
The second caliph, Umar, is believed by many Muslims to have expelled non-Muslims from Arabia. Non-Muslims were not to visit nor to live ...
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Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah - Sunni View
Sunni deem it as Sahih.
al-Shafi'i said in Al-Risalah, Eng. trans., p. 111:
"I have heard the most knowledgeable people about the Qur'an...
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Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Hajj - Spiritual Aspects Of The Hajj
The pilgrimage structures the entire life of the sincere Muslim. A believer is required to make the pilgrimage at least once in his or he...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Badr - Expeditions Preceding The Battle
Parties of fifty or a hundred persons came to be despatched in expeditions along the road to Mecca. Muhammad did not join any of them be...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Badr - Peace Treaties
Several expeditions were sent to the neighbouring tribes in order to sign peace treaties.
Battle of Badr - Banu Juhaina.
The first was ...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Badr - The Batn Bakhla Affair
A few days later in the hijri month of Rajab, Muhammad sent Abdulah ibn Jahash with 12 persons to a place known as Batn Nakhlah to a plac...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Badr - Introduction
According to tradition, the battle was an accident and Muhammad was uncertain until the last moment that the bulk of his party would actu...
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Battle Of Badr: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Badr - Preface To The Battle
A few days after the arrival of Muhammad from Mecca, the Quraish addressed a letter to Abdullah ibn Ubbay, who had been the leading chief...
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Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah - Shi'a View
Shi'a marvel that Sunnis deem this Ahahd hadith as sahih, while at the same time claiming that the mutawatir Hadith of the two weighty th...
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List Of Mosques: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mosques - Africa
List of mosques - Egypt.
Al-Azhar University and mosque جامع الأزهر in Cairo, Egypt, foremost school of Muslim world.
Mosque...
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Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Hajj - Incidents During The Hajj
There are an estimated 1.3 billion Muslims living today. Modern jet travel also makes Mecca and the Hajj more accessible to pilgrims from...
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List Of Political Parties In The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The Philippines - Current Parties
List of political parties in the Philippines - Parliamentary parties.
Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coaliti...
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The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Simpsons - Cultural Impact
A number of neologisms that started on The Simpsons have entered common usage. The most famous of which is Homer's saying: "D'oh!", which...
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Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Hajj - Preparations
Traditionally, pilgrims travel to Mecca in groups with their friends or family, or friends from the local mosque, in order to save money....
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Isa: Encyclopedia Ii - Isa - Isa To Return
Most Muslims believe Isa will descend back to earth after ad-Dajjal appears. Muslims believe Jesus is alive in heaven and will return to ...
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Isa: Encyclopedia Ii - Isa - Isa Not The Son Of God
O People of the Book, commit no excesses in your religion; nor say of Allah anything but the truth. The Messiah Jesus son of Mary was (no...
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Battle Of Karbala: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Karbala - List Of Casualties
Shi'a Muslims believe that Husayn and those killed with him are martyrs. They have made a concerted effort to sift accounts of the battle...
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Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Hajj - Performing The Hajj
Upon arrival in Mecca, the pilgrim ('Hajji') performs a series of ritual acts symbolic of the lives of Abraham (Ibrahim) and Hagar (Haja...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Islamist Ideology And Theology
Islamist ideology often clashes with Western norms. The United States is often seen as personifying 'everything that is wrong with the mo...
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Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - The Qu'ran
The Qur'an, the highest source of authority in Islam, vehemently denounces the killing of any person who is not guilty of at least one of...
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The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Simpsons - Setting Characters And Plot Of The Simpsons
The Simpsons - Characters.
The main characters were originally created by Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated segmen...
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The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Simpsons - Hallmarks
The Simpsons - Opening sequence.
The Simpsons opening sequence is one of the show's most memorable hallmarks. Almost every episode open...
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The Simpsons: Encyclopedia Ii - The Simpsons - Production And History Of The Simpsons
The Simpson family first appeared in animated form as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, with the first short "Good Night" airing on April...
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Terrorist Organizations
Al-Qaeda is defined by most Western nations as an Islamic extremist group. Formed in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,...
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Islamist Ideology And Theology
Islamist ideology, specifically of the militant breed, often positions itself in opposition to Western society. The United States, specif...
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Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Interpretations Of The Qur'an
The Qur'an, Islam's sacred text, denounces the killing of any person who is not guilty of at least one of two crimes:
[5:32] "Whosoever ...
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