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Allah

Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
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Allah The Arabic word for God.
After a revelation given to the prophet Mohammed on Mount Hira, the name Allah referred to a single God.
Previously the Arabic term Allah designated a supreme God among other gods.
Moslems believe that Mohammed is the greatest among many prophets to have walked the [...]

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Angels (Greek angelos or aggelos = messenger).The Old and New Testaments of the Bible make considerable reference to angels, which are regarded as divine messengers.
Around the sixth-century CE Dionysus the Areopagite’s The Celestial Hierarchy outlined three groups of hierarchically arranged angels.
Angels are mentioned in the Jewish Kabbala as inhabiting seven heavenly [...]

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Ash-Shahada

Ash-Shahada In Islam, this is one of the ‘5 pillars’ of fundamental belief and practice.
Ash-Shahada refers to the belief in only one God.
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Fallen Angels Myths and stories about fallen angels are quite common. In Paradise Lost John Milton writes about legions of angels following Satan in rebellion against God. Massive wars break out. St. Michael leads the Lord’s Angels, who face ingenious contraptions built by Satan and his fallen army. The final victory is reserved for Christ and [...]

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Fatima

Fatima The daughter of Mohammed who among certain Shi’ite Moslem groups has become an object of veneration, not unlike the cult of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) as found in Catholicism. In Portugal Fatima is a town with a shrine of the BVM where it’s believed that Mary appeared to three young children in 1917, [...]

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Five Pillars of Islam

Five Pillars of Islam » Islam
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Hajj

Hajj » Islam
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Heart Sutra The shortest of 40 texts comprising the Prajnaparamitra-sutra, important to Mahayana and Zen Buddhism and recited by monks and nuns throughout China, Japan and beyond. The Heart Sutra contains the famous assertion, often cited in New Age circles and taught in most every undergraduate Oriental philosophy course: “emptiness is form, form is emptiness.” [...]

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Iblis

Iblis » Jinn, Fallen Angels
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Id

Id General term for a religious festival in Islam.
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