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1 day ago · e. Names of God in Islam ( Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ʾasmāʾu llāhi l-ḥusnā, " Allah's Beautiful Names ") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, majestic qualities, and acts ...
2 days ago · The Twelver Shiʿah are the largest of the three Shiʿi groups extant today. Shi’i, member of the smaller of the two major branches of Islam, the Shi’ah, distinguished from the majority Sunnis and characterized especially by the belief that the spiritual and political leadership of the Muslim community was designated to pass through the ...
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4 days ago · Twelver Shi'ism. Twelver Shīʿism ( Arabic: ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; ʾIthnā ʿAshariyya ), also known as Imāmiyya ( Arabic: إِمَامِيَّة ), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85% of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as ...
1 day ago · The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [10] [11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted. [10]
5 days ago · The Prophet of Islam belonged to the Hashimite clan within the Quraysh tribe of Arabia. While the Umayyads were of the same tribe as the Prophet, they belonged to a different clan. During the caliphate of Uthman, he placed many of the members of his Umayyad clan in key positions throughout the expanding domain of Islam.
4 days ago · A wildcard from Yazd. Born in 1959, Alireza Arafi, a cleric from Yazd, emerges as a dark horse in the political landscape. His previous roles as chancellor of Al-Mustafa International University and Friday Prayer leader of Meybod attest to his influence. Since 2019, he’s been a member of the Guardian Council, while also serving as Friday ...
4 days ago · Ebrahim Raisi was born in 1960 in Mashhad, Iran's second biggest city and home to the country's holiest Shia Muslim shrine. His father, who was a cleric, died when he was five years old.
