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The Cairo Genizah fragments include polemics against Samaritans, Christianity, and Islam, as well as Jewish sects, from the early 10th century. Both Jews and Christians under Islam were careful in criticism of, or proselytizing to, their host's religion, in response to Muslim proselytizing of Jews and Christians.
Muhammad [a] ( / moʊˈhɑːməd /; Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized :Muḥammad [mʊˈħæm.mæd]; c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham ...
t. e. An 1808 Kashmiri image of paradise. In Islam, Jannah ( Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized :janna, pl. جَنّٰتjannāt, lit.'paradise' or 'garden') [1] is the final abode of the righteous. [2] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. [3] Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of faith in Sunni and ...
Shia Islam is one of the two major branches of Islam, with the other being Sunni Islam. This article explores the historical and doctrinal origins of Shia Islam, from the early disputes over the succession of Muhammad to the development of distinct sects and schools of thought. Learn more about the beliefs, practices and history of Shia Muslims on this Wikipedia page.
Barak (name) Barak ( Hebrew: בָּרָק Bārāq, "lightning"), is a masculine name of Hebrew origin. It appears in the biblical Book of Judges as the name of the Israelite general Barak, who alongside Deborah led an attack against the forces of King Jabin of Hazor .
Pigs should not be eaten because they do not chew their cud. The ban on the consumption of pork is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:8. During the Roman period, Jewish abstinence from pork consumption became one of the most identifiable features of Jewish religion to outsiders of the faith. One example appears in Tacitus ' Histories 5.4.1-2.
Metatron ( Mishnaic Hebrew: מֶטָטְרוֹן Meṭāṭrōn ), [1] [a] [b] [5] [6] or Matatron ( מַטַּטְרוֹן, Maṭṭaṭrōn ), [7] [8] is an angel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Metatron is mentioned three times in the Talmud, [9] [1] [10] in a few brief passages in the Aggadah, the Targum, [11] and in mystical ...
Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [2] Jewish culture covers many aspects, including religion and worldviews, literature, media, and ...