Encyclopedia - Salvation: Encyclopedia Ii - Salvation - Islam
For a Muslim, the purpose of life is to live in a way that is pleasing to Allah so that one may gain Paradise. It is believed that at pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Salvation Front: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Salvation Front - History
On November 3, 1988, the Algerian Constitution was amended to allow parties other than the ruling FLN. The FIS was founded shortly afterw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afghan Northern Alliance: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghan Northern Alliance - United Islamic Front For The Salvation Of Afghanistan
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan was supported by Russian, Indian, Iranian, Tajik, Chinese and European governments....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salvation: Encyclopedia - Salvation
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism And Caste System: Does Hinduism Support Caste System?
Hinduism does not support caste system. The focus of Hinduism is on the individual and his salvation not on his caste or its privileges. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afghan Northern Alliance: Encyclopedia - Afghan Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance is a term used by Al-Qaeda, Taliban and their allies to identify their enemies in Afghanistan. Afghanistan had a UN...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group: Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group
The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallah) is a militant Islamist grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit: Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesus: Encyclopedia - Jesus
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Christianity: Encyclopedia - History Of Christianity
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashurah: Encyclopedia - Ashurah
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 - 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

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 - Afghan Northern Alliance: Encyclopedia Ii - Afghan Northern Alliance - Factions
The UIF was comprised of roughly five of the factions of mujahedin fighters. Iran and Turkey considered there to be seven factions in tot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chosen People: Encyclopedia Ii - Chosen People - Chosen To Receive A Message
In many religions it is believed that the God has revealed a message to a prophet or messenger. Some of these religions, such as some for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bentalha Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Bentalha Massacre - Background
In 1997, Algeria was at the peak of a brutal civil conflict that had begun after the military's cancellation of 1992 elections set to be ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sikhism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Sikhism
Sikhism A religion, based mostly in the Punjab province of India, that attempts to blend Hinduism and Islam. The movement is based on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eye Of A Needle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eye Of A Needle - Judaism
The Babylonian Talmud applies the aphorism to unthinkable thoughts. To explain that dreams reveal the thoughts of a man's heart, the prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predestination: Encyclopedia Ii - Predestination - Predestination In Christianity
The "doctrine of predestination" usually refers to Christian teaching concerning the ultimate implications of the predestination idea: th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Israelism: Encyclopedia Ii - British Israelism - Theology Involves Claim Of Racial Lineage
As with Judaism and Islam, British Israelism asserts theologically-related claims of a bloodline that traces back to God's chosen people,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanzeem-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanzeem-e-islami - The Basic Resolution Of Tanzeem-e-islami
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Ever Merciful Today, in the name of Allah, we resolve to establish an Islamic movement whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Zaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Zaoui - 1991-2000: Algeria And Europe
In 1991, Zaoui, then associate professor of theology at the University of Algiers, stood as a candidate for the Islamic Salvation Front (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Buddhism
Faith (saddha/ sraddha) is an important constituent element of the teachings of the Buddha - both in the Theravada tradition as in the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Buddhism
Faith (saddha/ sraddha) is an important constituent element of the teachings of the Buddha - both in the Theravada tradition as in the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noah: Encyclopedia Ii - Noah - Interpretive Differences
Noah - Christian. Noah is pointed to as someone who has absolute faith in God. Jesus referred to Noah as a real person and the Deluge a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repentance: Encyclopedia Ii - Repentance - In The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible postulates repentance as the indispensable condition on which the salvation and redemption of the people of Israel, as w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham - Abraham In Christianity
Abraham stands out prominently as the recipient of the promises (Gen. 12:2-7, 13:14-17, 15, 17, 18:17-19, 22:17-18, 24:7). In the New Tes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gospel Of Barnabas: Encyclopedia Ii - Gospel Of Barnabas - Religious Themes
The Gospel of Barnabas was little known outside academic circles until recent times, when a number of Muslims have taken to publishing it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Crusades: Encyclopedia Ii - The Crusades - Historical Context
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anti-christian Strategies: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Anti-christian Strategies
ANTI-CHRISTIAN STRATEGIES "My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R. Albert Mohler Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - R. Albert Mohler Jr. - Media Appearances
Mohler appeared on MSNBC's Donahue on August 20, 2002. [12]. The subject was Christian evangelization of Jews. The show's host along with...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahriman: Theosophy Dictionary On Ahriman
Ahriman (Persian) (from ah (Avestan) conscious life + riman the corruptor, disturber of order in the cosmos, the corruptor of mind) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Belief: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Belief
BELIEF What KG calls a "primal obsession" and in Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God, he says, "Every magician must dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashurah: Encyclopedia Ii - Ashurah - Ashurah In The Western Calendar
While Ashurah is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Western calendar (the Gregorian calendar) varies from ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repentance In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Repentance In Islam - Repentance Only To God
Muslims do not view any human being as being infallible; they believe that infallibility belongs to God alone. Therefore the only source ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashurah: Encyclopedia Ii - Ashurah - Sunni Commemoration
Sunnis also commemorate Ashurah, but for different reasons. According to Sunni tradition, when the Prophet led his followers to Medina, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Algeria - Practice
Almost all Algerians are traditionally Muslim; resident Christians, numbering less than 1% of the population, are mainly foreigners. It i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R. Albert Mohler Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - R. Albert Mohler Jr. - Professed Theology
Some references state that Mohler was initially moderate in his theology, particularly during his years as a seminarian, prior to the ris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties In Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In Algeria - The Parties
List of political parties in Algeria - Parliamentary parties. List of political parties in Algeria - Parties that boycotted the last e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sociology Of Religion Book: Encyclopedia Ii - Sociology Of Religion Book - Table Of Contents
Sociology of Religion book - A ORIGINS OF RELIGION. 1) Primordial Notions Of Religion a) Viewpoint b) This-worldly Orientation c) Mag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanzeem-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanzeem-e-islami - Objective
The obligations of a Muslim as ordained by the Qur'an and Sunnah, can be understood as having four levels: 1) a Muslim is required to dev...   » 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 - Ashurah: Encyclopedia Ii - Ashurah - Shi'a Commemoration
This day is of particular significance to Shi'a Muslims, who consider Husayn the third Imam and a rightful successor of Muhammad. Many Sh...   » 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 - Qiyamah: Encyclopedia Ii - Qiyamah - Judgment
During judgment, a man's or a woman's own book of deeds will be opened, and they will be apprised of every action they did and every word...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tablighi Jamaat: Encyclopedia Ii - Tablighi Jamaat - Aims Of The Movement
Professedly apolitical, this movement asks the Muslims at-large to spend his/her time and money in spiritual journeys to seek religious k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Afghanistan - Political Parties And Elections
Politics of Afghanistan - 2005 Parliamentary election. Afghanistan held parliamentary elections on 18 September 2005. On 9 October. Sin...   » 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 - Politics Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Afghanistan - Executive Branch
See also: Afghan Cabinet of Ministers ... See also:Politics of Afghanistan, Politics of Afghanistan - Historical background, Politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia Ii - Anno Domini - Synonyms
Anno Domini - Common Era. Anno Domini is sometimes referred to as the Common Era (CE) instead. This term is often preferred by those wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia Ii - Anno Domini - Synonyms
Anno Domini - Common Era. Anno Domini is sometimes referred to as the Common Era (CE) instead. This term is often preferred by those wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Conversion - Conversion To Islam
One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Conversion - Conversion To Islam
One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - The Killings Resume
The new year came and went, and there was, it turned out, a respite in the violence. However, on April 1, 1974, two Salvation Army cadets...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvary Chapel: Encyclopedia Ii - Calvary Chapel - History
Calvary Chapel was once part of the Hippie "Jesus Movement" of the late 1960s. The first Calvary Chapel was Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa ...   » 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 - 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 - Sikhism Primary Beliefs And Principles: Encyclopedia Ii - Sikhism Primary Beliefs And Principles - Many Paths Lead To God
The Sikh Gurus tell us that salvation can be obtained by following various spiritual paths. Therefore, Sikhs do not have a monopoly on sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repentance In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Repentance In Islam - God’s Mercy
Muslims view God as been infinitely merciful. At the beginning of every chapter of the Quran the verses “ In the name of Allah, the ben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostasy In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostasy In Islam - Reasons For The Death Penalty
Many of the reasons for the death penalty for apostates given by Islamic scholars are examined by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi and he summariz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Pluralism - Pluralism As Interfaith Dialogue
Religious pluralism is sometimes used as a synonym for interfaith dialogue. Interfaith dialogue refers to dialogue between members of dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Philosophy - Definition
The attempt to fuse religion and philosophy is difficult because there are no clear preconditions. On the other hand, classical religious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qiyamah: Encyclopedia Ii - Qiyamah - Barzakh
Barzakh is a sequence that happens after death, in which the archangel Azrael with the help of other less significant angels will separat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qiyamah: Encyclopedia Ii - Qiyamah - Seeing Allah
Islam also addresses the question of whether believers will be able to see Allah on that day. According to one or more Hadith classified ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Afghanistan - Political Pressure Groups And Leaders
NA; note - ministries formed under the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (TISA) include former influential Afghans, diaspora memb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futuh: Encyclopedia Ii - Futuh - Contemporary Attitudes
The acceptance of classical Islam's interpretation of the futūh conquests by the Islamicized/Arabized peoples of the Near East and beyon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Pluralism - Intra-religious Pluralism Between Different Denominations Within The Same Religion
Religious pluralism - Jewish views. Jewish views on relations between different Jewish denominations is covered in the entry on Jewish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Afghanistan - Historical Background
Politics of Afghanistan - The Former Taliban Regime. On September 27, 1996, the ruling members of the Afghan Government were displaced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armed Islamic Group: Encyclopedia Ii - Armed Islamic Group - Gia In France
The Algerian state pursued a number of strategies against the GIA. One was to encourage France to take an active part in the fight agains...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaizers: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaizers - Judaizing Teachers
The Judaizing teachers were a group of Jewish Christians who taught that converts to Christianity must first be circumcised and thus must...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qiyamah: Encyclopedia Ii - Qiyamah - Jahannam And Jannah
After judgement all men and women are made to cross over a deep abyss, whence the flames of Jahannam (Hell) leap up, on al-Sirât (الص...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity - Beliefs
Though enormous diversity exists in the beliefs of those who self-identify as Christian, it is possible to venture general statements whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity - Beliefs
Enormous diversity of belief exists among Christians. Nevertheless, certain doctrines have come to characterize the mainstream of Christi...   » 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 - Christianity In Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity In Pakistan - Community Issues
From 1947 to the mid-1970s, the governments of Pakistan were largely secular in policy and judgment. Even though non-Muslims were prohibi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Algeria - Chapters Of The Series
Main article: Prehistory of Central North Africa The area which now consists of Algeria was settled by hunting people who left behind viv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eye Of A Needle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eye Of A Needle - Christianity
"The eye of a needle" is part of a phrase attributed to Jesus by the synoptic gospels: ...I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilal Ibn Ribah: Encyclopedia Ii - Bilal Ibn Ribah - Living With Muhammad
Bilal ibn Ribah - Adhan. Muslim tradition supplies the story of how the adhan came to be used to announce the times of the five daily p...   » 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 - 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 - Christian Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Philosophy - Interaction Between Christian And Non-christian Philosophers
There has been considerable interaction between Christian philosophy, Jewish philosophy and Islamic philosophy. Many Christian philosophe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-ghazali: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-ghazali - Al-ghazali On The Metaphysics Of Belief
It can be instructive to look to Al-Ghazali for insight into the role of the Intellect: "Therefore, there is no salvation except in indep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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) L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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) L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chosen People: Encyclopedia Ii - Chosen People - Types Of Purposes
The sense of being a chosen people occurs in both religious and nonreligious contexts. The Abolitionists, who were largely Christian, con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chosen People: Encyclopedia Ii - Chosen People - Superiority?
Views of being a chosen people are sometimes connected with ethnocentrism. The idea of a chosen people can be used to justify or create c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chosen People: Encyclopedia Ii - Chosen People - Judaism
In Judaism, chosenness is the belief that the Jews are a people chosen to be in a covenant with God. The idea is not connected with triba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beni-messous Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Beni-messous Massacre - Eyewitness Quotes
Quoted by Rachid Khiari, Associated Press, Sept. 7: "We heard victims screaming and cries for help, but no one came," one of those who e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sufi Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Sufi Philosophy - Concepts In Gnosis
Sufi philosophy - Fanaa. Main articles: Fanaa, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Zaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Zaoui - Imprisonment
Zaoui was treated with great suspicion by New Zealand authorities, primarily on the recommendations of the New Zealand Security Intellige...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Zaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Zaoui - Bail
On 9 December 2004 the Supreme Court of New Zealand granted Zaoui bail. Despite Crown opposition, the Court allowed him to reside in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In The Bahá'í Faith
For Bahá'ís, entry into the next life has the potential to bring great joy. Bahá'u'lláh likened death to the process of birth. He exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Heaven - Heaven In Hinduism
In Hinduism, with it's emphasis on reincarnation, the concept of Heaven is not as prominent. While heaven is temporary (until the next bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Zionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Zionism - Recent Theological Development
Christian Zionism is a name applied to the political implications of a theological belief. Most people and groups who are called Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chad: Encyclopedia Ii - Chad - Politics
Politics of Chad Heads of State Council of State Parliament of Chad Political parties in Chad Elections in Chad edit A strong executive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names And Titles Of Jesus: Encyclopedia Ii - Names And Titles Of Jesus - Personal Name
Jesus is derived from the Latin Iesus, which in turn comes from the Greek Ιησούς (Iēsoûs). The earliest use of Iēsoûs is found ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity - Overview
With an estimated 2.1 billion adherents, it is arguably the world's largest religion. Its origins are intertwined with Judaism, with whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salvation: Encyclopedia Ii - Salvation - Christian Views Of Salvation
Salvation is arguably one of the most important Christian spiritual concepts, perhaps second only to the deity of Jesus Christ. Among Chr...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - I
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - I . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article