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See takfir, Ahmadiyya, Shia, Kharijite, Mu'tazili, Alawites, Druze. Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of and by Mutazilites. In medieval Iraq, the Mu'tazili theological movement instituted a mihna (inquisition) on gaining power, punishing those who would not assent to their claim that the Qur'an was created rather than eternal. The most famous victims of the Mihna were Ahmad Ibn Hanbal who was imprisoned ...

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Persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Pagan Arab persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Muslim persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of and by Mutazilites, Persecution of Muslims - Sunni-Shi'a conflicts and persecutions, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of Ahmadiyyas, Persecution of Muslims - Alawites, Persecution of Muslims - Druze, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution by Takfiris, Persecution of Muslims - Christian persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of Muslims during the Crusades, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of Muslims in medieval Spain, Persecution of Muslims - Muslim casualties of the Civil War in Lebanon, Persecution of Muslims - Secular Western persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Discrimination and persecution in the former Yugoslavia, Persecution of Muslims - Increased discrimination of Muslims following September 11 2001, Persecution of Muslims - Communist persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Discrimination and persecution in the former Soviet Union and in former East Bloc nations, Persecution of Muslims - Persecution of Muslims in China, Persecution of Muslims - Hindu persecution of Muslims, Persecution of Muslims - Violence between Hindus and Muslims

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The Armenians are an ancient people who have inhabited parts of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus for more than three thousand years. The first known instance of an Armenian to come anywhere near Jerusalem arrived in the 95 BC under King Tigranes II of Armenia. The Armenian armies captured Caesarea before leaving the Holy Land. It was at this time that Jews may have come to trade with Armenia and settle in that far away land when likewise some Armenians came to know of the lands around Jerusalem and may have traded with the Herodian Jewish state ...

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Armenian Quarter, Armenian Quarter - The Armenian people and their establishment in Jerusalem: 95 BC–640 AD, Armenian Quarter - The First Muslim Period 638–1099, Armenian Quarter - The Crusader Periods 1099–1187 1229–1244, Armenian Quarter - 1260–1517—The Mamluk period, Armenian Quarter - The Ottoman Period 1517–1917, Armenian Quarter - Struggles over the Holy sites, Armenian Quarter - The British Mandate Period—1917–1948, Armenian Quarter - The 1948 War and Jordanian Rule 1948–1967, Armenian Quarter - The 1967 War and Israeli Rule—1967–present

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The majority of Jewish Biblical commentators argue that God was testing Abraham to see if he would actually kill his own son, as a test of his loyalty. However, a number of Jewish Biblical commentators from the medieval era, and many in the modern era, do not agree with this notion. They read the text in another way. The early rabbinic midrash Genesis Rabbah quotes God as saying "I never considered telling Abraham to slaughter Isaac (using the Hebrew root letters for "slaughter", not "sacrifice"). Rabbi Yona Ibn Janach (Spain, ...

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Binding of Isaac, Binding of Isaac - Jewish responses, Binding of Isaac - Christian responses, Binding of Isaac - Muslim responses, Binding of Isaac - Modern-day interpretations, Binding of Isaac - The near-sacrifice in art, Binding of Isaac - The near-sacrifice in literature, Binding of Isaac - The near-sacrifice in music, Binding of Isaac - The near-sacrifice in film

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Torah commentators point out that Jethro was the first to suggest to Moses that he divest his legal powers and delegate his power of judgment to lower courts. This situation was formalised later when God gave the explicit command (Deuteronomy 16:18) to "establish judges and officers in your gates". There were three types of courts (Mishnah, tractate Sanhedrin 1:1-4 and 1:6): The Sanhedrin, the grand central court on the Temple Mount, numbering 71 Smaller courts of 23, called a Sanhedrin Ketanaa, a "small Sanhedri ...

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Beth din, Beth din - Antiquity, Beth din - Present situation, Beth din - Officers of a Beth Din

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Dispensationalism - The seven dispensational periods. Dispensationalism seeks to address what many see as opposing theologies between the Old Testament and New Testament. Its name comes from the fact that it sees biblical history as best understood in light of (usually) seven dispensations in the Bible. These are: the dispensation of innocence (Gen 1:1–3:7), prior to Adam's fall, of conscience (Gen 3:8–8:22), Adam to Noah, of government (Gen 9:1–11:32), Noah to Abraham, < ...

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Dispensationalism, Dispensationalism - History, Dispensationalism - Dispensationalist theology, Dispensationalism - The seven dispensational periods, Dispensationalism - The four basic tenets, Dispensationalism - Progressive Dispensationalism, Dispensationalism - Hyper-dispensationalism, Dispensationalism - Influence of dispensationalist beliefs, Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and Messianic Judaism, Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and world politics, Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and United States politics, Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and fiction, Dispensationalism - Biblical arguments in favor of dispensationalism, Dispensationalism - Biblical arguments in opposition to dispensationalism, Dispensationalism - People

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Yom Kippur is considered by Jews to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation. Eating, drinking, bathing, and conjugal relations are prohibited. Fasting begins at sundown, and ends after nightfall the following day. Yom Kippur services begin with the prayer known as "Kol Nidrei", which must be recited before sunset. (Kol Nidrei, Aramaic for "all vows," is a public annullment of religious vows made by Jews during the preceding year. It only concerns unfilled vows made betwe ...

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Jewish holiday, Jewish holiday - Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year, Jewish holiday - Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance, Jewish holiday - Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement, Jewish holiday - Sukkot - Festival of Booths, Jewish holiday - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - Rejoicing with the Law, Jewish holiday - Hanukkah - Festival of Lights, Jewish holiday - Tu Bishvat - New year of the trees, Jewish holiday - Purim - Festival of Lots, Jewish holiday - New Year for Kings, Jewish holiday - Pesach - Passover, Jewish holiday - Sefirah - Counting of the Omer, Jewish holiday - Lag Ba'omer, Jewish holiday - New Israeli/Jewish national holidays, Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'Shoah - Holocaust Remembrance day, Jewish holiday - Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day, Jewish holiday - Yom Ha'atzma'ut - Israel Independence Day, Jewish holiday - Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day, Jewish holiday - Shavuot - Pentecost, Jewish holiday - The Three Weeks and the Nine Days, Jewish holiday - Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av, Jewish holiday - Tithe of animals, Jewish holiday - Rosh Chodesh - the New Month, Jewish holiday - Shabbat - The Sabbath יום השבת, Jewish holiday - Variances in observances

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Born Binyamen Maisler in Ciechanowiec, Poland, he was educated at Berlin and Giessen universities in Germany. At age 23 he emigrated to Palestine (then under the British Mandate) and in 1943 joined the faculty of Hebrew University in Jerusalem whose original campus at Mount Scopus became isolated in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Originally he also served as secretary of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society, later renamed Israel Ex ...

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Benjamin Mazar, Benjamin Mazar - Background, Benjamin Mazar - Mazar family, Benjamin Mazar - Temple Mount controversy

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In the New Testament, the term New Jerusalem occurs two times: verses 3:12 and 21:2 in the Book of Revelation. It is mentioned in 21:16 as being 12,000 stadia by 12,000 stadia at the base. A stadion is usually stated as 185.4 meters, therefore it has a base of: (12000*185.4/1000)² ≅ 4.9 million square kilometers (larger than the 3,892,685 km² of the 25 states of the European Union in 2005, but smaller than the 7,617,930 km² of Australia) If in the form of a pyramid, the New Jerusalem therefore also has a volume of: (12000*185.4/1000)³/3 ≅ 3.7 thousand million cubic kil ...

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New Jerusalem, New Jerusalem - New Jerusalem in the New Testament, New Jerusalem - Church of the New Jerusalem, New Jerusalem - New Jerusalem in America

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The name Barabbas is composed of two elements: bar, meaning son of, and Abba. Abba has been found as a personal name in a First Century burial at Giv'at ja-Mivtar and Abba also appears as a personal name frequently in the Gemara section of the Talmud, dating from AD 200-400. Brown, Raymond E. (1994). The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels v.1 pp. 799-800. New York: Doubleday/The Anchor Bible Reference Library. ISBN 0-385- ...

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Barabbas, Barabbas - Jesus Barabbas, Barabbas - Barabbas' crime, Barabbas - Historicity, Barabbas - Were Barabbas and Jesus the same person?, Barabbas - A possible parable, Barabbas - Other uses

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When the city was under the control of the Ottoman Turks, Jews were forbidden to enter and were only permitted to pray outside seven steps up the entering stairway. When Israel captured the area during the 1967 Six Day War, it is said that then Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was given the keys and was supposedly shown the actual secret hidden passageways that lead to the below-ground tombs. In 1994, militant Jewish fundamentalist Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Palestinian Muslims during prayers at the site. The Wye River Accords provided a tempora ...

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Cave of the Patriarchs, Cave of the Patriarchs - Book of Genesis, Cave of the Patriarchs - Judaism, Cave of the Patriarchs - Islam, Cave of the Patriarchs - Status, Cave of the Patriarchs - Conflict, Cave of the Patriarchs - Current situation

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1990 - January. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. January 10 - Time Warner is formed f ...

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Tabernacle's floorplan The Most Holy Place The Ark of the Covenant The Holy Place Golden Candlestick Golden Altar Table of Showbread The Outer Court Brazen Altar | Brazen Laver See also:

Most Holy Place, Most Holy Place - Utilization, Most Holy Place - Sanctuary, Most Holy Place - Description, Most Holy Place - Modern location, Most Holy Place - In Jewish synagogues, Most Holy Place - Mormon perspective

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According to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jews were killed, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages razed. Hadrian attempted to root out Judaism, which he saw as the cause of continuous rebellions. He prohibited the Torah law, the Jewish calendar and executed Judaic scholars. The sacred scroll was ceremoniously burned on the Temple Mount. At the former Temple sanctuary he installed two statues, one of Jupiter, another of himself. In an attempt to erase any memory of Judea, he wiped the name off the map and replaced it with Syria Palaestina, as an ...

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Bar Kokhba's revolt, Bar Kokhba's revolt - Background, Bar Kokhba's revolt - Revolt, Bar Kokhba's revolt - The Era of the redemption of Israel, Bar Kokhba's revolt - Roman reaction, Bar Kokhba's revolt - Outcome of the War and Beginning of another Jewish Diaspora, Bar Kokhba's revolt - Sources, Bar Kokhba's revolt - External link

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The Latin population of the kingdom was always small; although a steady stream of settlers and new crusaders continually arrived, most of those who fought in the First Crusade simply went home. The Latins were little more than a superstrate over the native Muslim and Syrian population. But Jerusalem came to be known as Outremer, the French word for "overseas," and as new generations grew up in the kingdom, they also began to think of themselves as native easterners, rather than immigrants. Thus, in many senses, they behaved and thought more ...

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Kingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Foundation and early history, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Life in the kingdom, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Demographics, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Economy, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Government and legal system, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in the mid-12th century, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Disaster and recovery, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Loss of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade, Kingdom of Jerusalem - The Kingdom of Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Arms of Kingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Sources, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Primary sources, Kingdom of Jerusalem - Secondary sources

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History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948. Following the 1947 UN Partition Plan which divided the British Mandate of Palestine, the country became increasingly volatile and fell into a state of civil war between the Jews and Arabs. In accordance with Plan Dalet the Haganah tried to secure the areas alloted to the Jewish state in the partition plan and the blocks of settlements that were in the area alloted to the Arab state. History of the Israel Defense Forces - The first Arab-Israeli w ...

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History of the Israel Defense Forces, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Timeline and major events, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The first Arab-Israeli war, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1949-1956, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1956 Sinai campaign, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1956-1966, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1967 Six-Day War, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1968-1970 War of Attrition, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1973 Yom Kippur War 1973, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1974-1978, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1978 Operation Litani, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1979-1981, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Appendices, History of the Israel Defense Forces - List of Chiefs of the General Staff, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Other famous generals and soldiers

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President Clinton announced his invitation to Barak and Arafat on July 5, 2000, to come to Camp David to continue their negotiations on the Middle East peace process. Building on the positive steps towards peace of the earlier 1978 Camp David Accords where President Jimmy Carter was able to broker a peace agreement between Egypt, represented by President Anwar Sadat, and Israel represented by Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The Oslo Accords of 1993 between the later assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitschak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation ...

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Camp David 2000 Summit, Camp David 2000 Summit - The summit, Camp David 2000 Summit - Trilateral statement full text, Camp David 2000 Summit - Reasons for impasse, Camp David 2000 Summit - Territory, Camp David 2000 Summit - Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, Camp David 2000 Summit - Refugees and the right of return, Camp David 2000 Summit - Aftermath, Camp David 2000 Summit - Calls for peace, Camp David 2000 Summit - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

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When Sharon joined Begin's government he had relatively little political experience. He avoided Begin's Herut party in the 1940s and 1950s and seemed to be personally devoted to the ideals of Mapai, and then Labor. However, after retiring from military service, Sharon was instrumental in establishing the Likud in July 1973. The Likud was comprised of Herut, the Liberal Party and independent elements. Sharon became chairman of the campaign staff for the elections which were scheduled for November 1973. But two and a half weeks after the start ...

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Ariel Sharon, Ariel Sharon - Early life, Ariel Sharon - Mitla incident, Ariel Sharon - Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War, Ariel Sharon - Sabra and Shatila massacre, Ariel Sharon - Political career, Ariel Sharon - Gaza evacuation, Ariel Sharon - Founding of Kadima, Ariel Sharon - Health problems

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The Templars were founded around 1118 and soon formed commanderies around Europe to support their efforts in the Holy Land, settling in Portugal in 1128 Dom Gualdim Pais, provincial Master of the Order of the Temple in Portugal, constructed the Convento de Cristo in 1160. According to folklore he chose the location after drawing lots and receiving a sign to build a new Templar fortress on a hill between the river Fria and ...

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Order of Christ Portugal, Order of Christ Portugal - The precursors of the order – the foundation of Tomar, Order of Christ Portugal - Suppression of the Templars – Birth of the Order of Christ, Order of Christ Portugal - The Order of Christ under Henry the Navigator, Order of Christ Portugal - The Order of Christ after Henry the Navigator's command, Order of Christ Portugal - The Reform of John III and fra Antonius, Order of Christ Portugal - The contrareform of Dom Sebastian, Order of Christ Portugal - Other reforms movements, Order of Christ Portugal - The Secularization of the Order, Order of Christ Portugal - Grades, Order of Christ Portugal - Insignia, Order of Christ Portugal - Outstanding People Associated with Order of the Christ, Order of Christ Portugal - Locations associated with the Order of Christ

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The "farthest Mosque" (al-masjid al-Aqsa) in verse (17:1) of the Qur'an is traditionally interpreted by Muslims as referring to the site at the Noble Sanctuary (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem on which the mosque of that name now stands. This interpretation is already given by the earliest biographer of Muhammad — Ibn Ishaq — and is confirmed by numerous Hadith. The term used for mosque, "masjid", literally means "place of prostration", and includes monotheistic places of worship such as Solomon's Temple ...

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Isra and Mi'raj, Isra and Mi'raj - Controversy over its historicity, Isra and Mi'raj - The term Masjid al-Aqsa in the Qur'an, Isra and Mi'raj - External references

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In January 2003, another artifact, dubbed the Jehoash Inscription, appeared in Israel. It was rumored to have surfaced in the construction site or in the Muslim cemetery near the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. It supposedly described repairs made to the temple in Jerusalem by Jehoash, son of King Ahaziah of Judah and corresponded to the account in 2 Kings 12. Once again the owner was an anonymous antiquities dealer, thi ...

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James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The Jehoash Inscription, James Ossuary - Police investigation, James Ossuary - IAA commission, James Ossuary - Aftermath, James Ossuary - Main sources

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Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Claims that Jews never inhabited Biblical sites. Palestinian officials have often stated that sites of particular significance to the Palestinians (e.g. the Old City of Jerusalem) were never inhabited by Jews, or that sites of particular religious significance to both sides (e.g. the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary) in fact were somewhere else. Such statements can be interpreted as politically motivated attempts to resolve the debate over land in one side's favor by denying the h ...

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Israeli-Palestinian history denial, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Israeli denial of Palestinian history, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Nakba denial, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - The existence of Palestinians as a people, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Palestinian denial of Jewish history, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Claims that Jews never inhabited Biblical sites, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Claims that Jews have no connection to the land of Israel, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - The existence of Jews as a people, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - Holocaust Denial, Israeli-Palestinian history denial - External link

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Sulpicius Severus (363–420), referring in his Chronica to Tacitus' (56 BCE–120) earlier account, claimed that Titus favored destroying the Jerusalem Temple to help uproot and demolish both the Jewish and Christian sects. The account of Josephus, generally considered unreliable in this case, described Titus as "moderate" in his approach, and after conferring with others, ordering that then-thousand-year-old Temple be spared. According to Josephus, the Romans soldiers grew furious with Jewish attacks and tactics, and against Titus' orders, set fire to an ...

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Siege of Jerusalem 70, Siege of Jerusalem 70 - Destruction of Jerusalem, Siege of Jerusalem 70 - Christian implications in prophecy, Siege of Jerusalem 70 - External link

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