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| | Islam - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Islam |
 | | The Shari'a includes the observances known as the Five Pillars of Islam, which are binding on all adult believers. | | | Such misrepresentations of Islam result in widening further the gulf between itself and the West. | | | Islam was seen as an enemy of Christianity by European countries during the Crusades, and Christian states united against a Muslim nation as late as the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Islam
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| | Islam in Afghanistan - encyclopedia article about Islam in Afghanistan. |
| | With the takeover of government by the PDPA in April 1978, Islam became central to uniting the opposition against the communist ideology of the new rulers. | | | The founders were largely professors influenced by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, a party formed in the 1930s that was dedicated to Islamic revivalism and social, economic, and political equity. | | | Their objective is to come to terms with the modern world through the development of a political ideology based on Islam. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Islam+in+Afghanistan
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| | Canadian Jewish News |
| | This, he said pointedly, in "the third holiest city in Islam." | | | Farah dismissed Arab claims that the Palestinians are the country's indigenous people. | | | Farah, the Arab American editor and CEO of WorldNetDaily.com, a U.S.-based conservative Internet news site, began by examining the "myth" that the Palestinians simply want a homeland of their own. |
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http://www.cjnews.com/pastIssues/02/oct31-02/front3.asp
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| | Ansar al-Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ansar al-islam is thought not to be active in Iraq at present, but has an extensive network in Europe organizing finace and support for armed attacks within Iraq. | | | The US also claimed that Ansar al-Islam had links with Saddam Hussein, thus claiming a link between Hussein and al-Qaeda. | | | Ansar al-Islam is alleged to be connected to the al-Qaeda, and provided an entry point for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other Afghan veterans to enter Iraq. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam
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| | History of Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The history of Islam as a religion is closely related to political, economic, and military history. | | | Like most world religions, Islam's historical development has had a clear impact on the political, economic, and military history of areas inside and outside what are considered its primary geographic zones of reach (see Islamic world). | | | The political unity of Islam began to disintegrate. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Islam
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| | Pakistani Defence Forum -> Readers Of Right-wing Web Site Threaten Muslims |
| | The nomination of Pipes, who just this week said President Bush was wrong to call Islam a "religion of peace" and refused to condemn the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, is opposed by a number of Muslim and Arab-American groups, including CAIR. | | | CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is a mainstream organization that regularly works with national law enforcement authorities, elected officials and other civil liberties and minority groups. | | | 4) islam is a scam to keep people down
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http://www.pakistanidefenceforum.com/index.php?showtopic=11783
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| | Some Important Facts About Islam |
| | It is therefore the religious duty of Islam to subjugate and destroy the infidels, the Christians and the Jews. | | | The issue here is therefore seen to be one of CONTINUITY for the Muslim's claim of continuity (from Judaism to Christianity to Islam) is essential in their attempt to convert Jews and Christians. | | | Muslims like to claim that Islam give them the right to claim the land of Israel as their own. |
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http://www.mideastnewswire.com/archive/me_islam1.html
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| | Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Other religions or philosophical beliefs that are followed by many in the country are the Sunni and Sufi sects of Islam, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, and various secular beliefs (many of which are left over from the Soviet era of less tolerance for spirituality). | | | Azerbaijan is a secular state, and has been a member of the Council of Europe since 2001. | | | Azerbaijan has population of roughly 7,911,974 (July 2005 est), 90.6% of whom are ethnic Azerbaijani, (also called Azeris; 1999 census figures). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan
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| | Islam, Beliefs And Observances, Caesar E. Farah, p2-7, 26-35 |
| | The Christian settlements in Arabia during this crucial period left perhaps less of an impact on the development of Islam, principally because the chief Christian centers were on the periphery of the peninsula: in Najran north of Yaman, in Syria, and Hirah in lower Iraq. | | | Secondly, the role of Islam in regulating the affairs of the believer can not be overlooked. | | | Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, is indebted for certain basic conceptual institutional and ritualistic ideas and practices to the rudiments of the Semitic religions has observed, "No positive religion that has moved men has been able to start with a tabula rasa, and express itself as if religion were beginning for the first time. |
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http://www.bible.ca/islam/library/islam-quotes-farah.htm
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| | Ansar Al-Islam: Iraq's Al-Qaeda Connection |
| | Furthermore, by supporting Ansar and other Islamist groups in Iraq, Tehran may attempt to gain influence among the various factions that could contribute to a new Iraqi government if Saddam's regime is overthrown. | | | Kurdish explosives experts also claim that TNT seized from Ansar was produced by the Iraqi military, and that arms are sent to the group from areas controlled by Saddam. | | | That spring, Ansar attempted to murder Barham Salih, a PUK leader; five bodyguards and two attackers were killed in the ensuing gunfight. |
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=5571
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| | Alpheus--Secret Tradition of Islam |
| | Hallaj had penetrated the outer shell that is exoteric Islam, to reveal the inner core. | | | It is commonly believed he received a mandate from the king of Morocco to instruct Black Americans in Islam. | | | Higgins resolutely defended Muhammed, the Prophet of Islam, and expressed the hope to visit the Moorish lands of Egypt, Palestine and Syria before he died. |
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http://www.alpheus.org/html/articles/esoteric_history/secret_islam.html
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| | Islam and the Baha'i Faith: A Brief Guide |
| | Shi'ah Islam, and in particular the Ithna-'Ashariyyih sect of Shi'ah Islam, was the historical setting out of which sprang -- first the Bábí -- and eventually the Bahá'í Faith; in the same way that Christianity sprang from Judaism. | | | Although Bahá'ís recognize the legitimacy of the 12 Imams of Shi'ah Islam, that recognition does not in any way constitute an acceptance or validation of some of the fantastic theories, traditions, superstitions, and downright inventions of the various sects and leaders of Shi'ah Islam. | | | Muhammad (mo-ham-mad), the Prophet-Founder of Islam, was born at Mecca around 570 AD. |
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http://bahai-library.com/articles/islam.guide.html
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| | Citizen Magazine - Cover Story - In search of Islam |
| | Many people have asked whether the September attacks were permissible under Islam. | | | Islam in its original meaning is the primary act of self-surrender: an act of. | | | That message is contained in the Quran, the holy book of Islam, which Muhammad claimed was revealed to him by the archangel Gabriel (Jibril).3 These alleged revelations occurred from 610 to 632 A.D.-usually in response to specific circumstances and struggles faced by Muhammad and his followers. |
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http://www.family.org/cforum/citizenmag/coverstory/a0019004.cfm
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| | Ansar al Islam (Supporters of Islam) |
| | Ansar al Islam (Supporters of Islam) was formed in December 2001. | | | Ansar al Islam, which operates in northeastern Iraq, has close links to and support from al-Qaida. | | | The Sunni Islamic group is composed primarily of Kurds who follow an extremist brand of Islam, however their primary focus is opposing the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, one of two large secular Kurdish groups that opposed Saddam Hussein with U.S. backing. |
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| | Jaish Ansar al-Sunna |
| | Ansar Al Sunna is a faction of Ansar Al Islam and reportedly has close ties with the Al-Zarqawi network. | | | Jaish Ansar al-Sunna appears to be a successor organization to Ansar al-Islam or a subset of it. | | | On 04 February 2004 it was reported that Ansar al-Sunna had taken claim for the attack on the al-Faqwa police station in Mosul that was attacked on the 31st of January. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ansar-al-sunna.htm
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| | Print Message |
| | Three U.S. Media People Attack Islam, Joseph Farah, Islam Online NewsSectionhttp://islam-online.net/English/News/200... | | | Farah wrote, “ You may have never heard of Hudaybiya Treaty, but if you cannot understand (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat’s gestures, then you cannot get the Islamic rule he uses in his double meaning talk. | | | Slasinger, in her widely listened to program – named after her – used to dub Islam as ‘uncivilized religion’, attack people who live on ‘a big part’ of the world, and teach ‘their babies to kill the infidels’, referring to Islam' CAIR said. |
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http://www.suite101.com/print_message.cfm/investing/68672/647348
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| | Ansar al-Islam: Back in Iraq - Middle East Quarterly - Winter 2004 |
| | Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for the February 8 assassination of Kurdish minister Shawkat Hajji Mushir, a founding member of the PUK. | | | Ansar al-Islam attempted to murder Barham Salih, a PUK leader. | | | Ansar al-Islam is not only back in Iraq; the group also appears to have gone globalat least, to some extent. |
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| | CQ Press : Current Events In Context : Terrorism |
| | In this, Islam was not rejected but it did not define the central concerns of emerging Arab nationalism in the Fertile Crescent or of Egyptian nationalism under Sa'd Zaghloul. | | | But by the 1980s, political Islam had become an important part of the mainstream of politics in the Muslim world. | | | In Iran the Fida'iyan-i Islam was created in 1945, advocating a strict application of Islamic law and engaging in a series of terrorist assassinations. |
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http://www.cqpress.com/context/articles/epr_islam.html
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| | Ansar al-Islam |
| | Ansar's enemies and its terrorist activities were directed first against its fellow Kurds, who were not sufficiently Islamic for Ansar's taste, and then against the Saddam regime. | | | One month after the third attack plan was aborted, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations that Ansar's presence in Iraq was evidence that Saddam was working fist in glove with al Qaeda, and thus the United States was morally justified in invading Iraq... | | | One such emigrant was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whom the U.S. describes as an "al Qaeda-linked operative." Zarqawi went to Iran some time in late 2001 or early 2002, and from there he traveled to Kurdish Iraq. |
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http://www.rotten.com/library/history/terrorist-organizations/ansar_al-islam
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| | History of Islam |
| | Moreover, Islam was not opposed to learning from the earlier civilizations and incorporating their science, learning, and culture into its own world view, as long as they did not oppose the principles of Islam. | | | It was only within Arabia, where a crude form of idolatry was rampant, that Islam was propagated by warring against those tribes which did not accept the message of God--whereas Christians and Jews were not forced to convert. | | | During later centuries the Turks embraced Islam peacefully as did a large number of the people of the Indian subcontinent and the Malay-speaking world. |
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| | Islam. Books: Brief List. |
| | Washington D.C.:The Embassy of Saudi Arabia, NA Islam Under the Crusades. | | | Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah, Islam, Chicago, IL, NTC Publishing Group, 1994. | | | Burke, Edmund III, and Lapidus, Ira M., Islam, Politics and Social Movements University of California, 1986. |
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http://www.stthomas.edu/justpeace/Islam14.htm
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| | Plain Truth About Islam |
| | The prophecy of Sinai, Seir and Paran is not a prophecy of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as Badawi erroneously assumes. | | | Many people believe that Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are connected in some way or another.. | | | Yet Islam is divided into many warring sects, and therefore Islam is false as well, according to the Quran. |
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http://www.british-israel.ca/Islam.htm
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| | Islam in Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Secular politicians in Azerbaijan have raised concerns about the rise of political Islam, but others argue that Islam in Azerbaijan is a multifaceted phenomenon. | | | Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century, gradually supplanting Zoroastrianism and Azerbaijani pagan cults. | | | Enforcement of Shi'a Islam as the state religion brought contention between the Safavid rulers of Azerbaijan and the ruling Sunnis of the neighboring Ottoman Empire. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Azerbaijan
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| | Islam in Azerbaijan - The City of Winds |
| | However it would be wrong to consider that islamization of Azerbaijan went off smoothly. | | | After Muhammed's death his associates began company of conquest and spreading of Islam. | | | Having conquered Azerbaijan Arabs started to spread here Islam. |
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| | Ansar al-Islam in Iraqi Kurdistan (Human Rights Watch Backgrounder, ) |
| | Ansar al-Islam fi Kurdistan (Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan) is one of a number of Sunni Islamist groups based in the Kurdish-controlled northern provinces of Iraq. | | | A statement issued by Ansar al-Islam's Shura Council on April 3 denied any involvement in the incident, but PUK officials later released the names of three of the suspects it had apprehended and said there was evidence linking them to Ansar al-Islam. | | | For its part, Ansar al-Islam has said that its members or supporters have been the targets of repression by the two principal political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan. |
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http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/mena/ansarbk020503.htm
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| | History of Islam, the so many totalitarian regimes, the so many battles and wars |
| | In Islam the problem is accentuated because the Ruler of a Muslim country is at the same time the Political and Religious leader... | | | Today there are 1,100 Muslims, and Islam is not only Arab, but it is represented in all the major races and cultures in over 30 countries... | | | The world of Islam would expand far beyond the borders of the Arabian peninsula during their tenure— war after war, to the east into the Persian empire, north into Byzantine territory, and west across the face of northern Africa. |
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| | Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Ministries - Community |
| | The fact that Muhammadâs mission was accomplished in his own lifetime is a living testimony to his unique role in history as the founder of the Arab nation as well as the religion of Islam. | | | As we have so clearly learned from the tragic events of September 11th, this concern for upholding the fundamental religious principles of Islam has now turned instead into contempt, zealous resentment and outright hatred toward the West. | | | As we have seen, the two main theological differences between Islam and Orthodoxy are: 1) Monotheism as understood by the Muslims cannot be reconciled with the Orthodox understanding of the mystery of the Holy Trinity, and 2) the Christian belief in the Incarnation of the Son of God is flatly rejected by Islam. |
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| | YOU ARE WRONG, MR. PRESIDENT! VERY WRONG! |
| | Once more we were advised that this had nothing to do with Islam, but instead was an expression of the rage that Iranian citizens felt toward the American government for its support of the hated shah. | | | Each time that Muslim terrorists struck, Americans hastened to assure themselves and the world: We know this is not the real Islam; we know these terrorists are hijacking the religion of peace. | | | The idea of progressive revelation is generally absent from Islam, whereas in Judaism and Christianity, it is commonly accepted. |
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| | IslamMessage -> Why Did The Prophet Muhammad Marry Many Wives? |
| | If Islam allows for more than that, then that's Islam. | | | Another thing is, Islam is very strict on giving acknowledge to WHO the father is to a child, and there should not be any doubts about who it is. And with one husband this question will never arise, no matter what time or age we live in. | | | Caesar Farah then concluded that Muhammad’s plural marriages were due "partly to political reasons and partly to his concern for the wives of his companions who had fallen in battle defending the nascent Islamic community" (p. |
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| | Myth #1 - The Quran is Preserved and Unchanged Revelation from Allah |
| | It can perhaps be rightly suggested that rather than the Qur'an being the beginning of Islam (as is often claimed), Islam was the finisher of the Qur'an. | | | Islam, with its untenable approach to the textual issue coupled with the artificial standardisation of a pre-approved text, has trapped itself into a seemingly inescapable conundrum. | | | It was not until the 9th century that the Quran began to be invested with the authority with which later Islam would view it. |
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