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(Encyclopedia) ShiitesShiitesshēˈītz [key] [Arab., shiat Ali,=the party of Ali], the second largest branch of Islam, Shiites currently account for 10%–15% of all Muslims. Shiite Islam originated as a…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication Author's Preface The Poem which I now present to the world is an attempt from which I scarcely dare to expect success, and in which a writer of established…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 10
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 9 Canto 11 Canto 10 Was there a human spirit in the steed, That thus with his proud voice, ere night was gone, He broke our linked rest? or do indeed All living…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 11
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 10 Canto 12 Canto 11 She saw me not—she heard me not—alone Upon the mountain's dizzy brink she stood; She spake not, breathed not, moved not—there was thrown…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 12
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 11 Note on the "Revolt of Islam",... Canto 12 The transport of a fierce and monstrous gladness Spread through the multitudinous streets, fast flying Upon the…Islamic Holidays, 2010-2030 (A.H. 1431-1452)
Muslim holidays by their Gregorian dates Here are the dates of the most important Islamic holidays through 2030. These holidays move in the Western (Gregorian) calendar year since the Islamic (or…Karmathians
(Encyclopedia) Karmathians or CarmathiansCarmathianskärmāˈthēənz [key], a Muslim sect of the 9th and 10th cent., similar to the Assassin sect. They were part of a movement for social reform that…monotheism
(Encyclopedia) monotheismmonotheismmŏnˈəthēĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one…Azazel
(Encyclopedia) AzazelAzazeləzāˈzəl, ăzˈəzĕl [key], in the Bible, an obscure term found in the ritual of the scapegoat in the Book of Leviticus. Azazel may be the place to which the scapegoat was sent…Fouta Djallon
(Encyclopedia) Fouta Djallon or Futa JallonFouta Djallonboth: f&oomacr;ˈtä jälôNˈ [key], highland region, c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), central Guinea, W Africa. Largely a rolling grassland (…Trending
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