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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Born on c. 1900 (Khomein, Persia)
Religious leader of Iran
Politician
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the leader of the… Orthopraxy , ORTHOPRAXY . Derived from the Greek orthos ("straight, right") and praxis ("doing, practice"), orthopraxy refers to "correctness of a practice or a b… Shiites , Shiites (shē´ītz) [Arab., shiat Ali,=the party of Ali], the second largest branch of Islam, Shiites currently account for 10%–15% of all Muslims. Shi… Madrasa , Madrasa
Madrasa, is an Islamic college, literally a "place of instruction," especially instruction in religious law. In medieval usage the term refer… Islam , Islam
The religion that God set forth for Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and muḤammad proclaimed by the latter in Arabia in the 7th century, which enjoys the… Arab , A person who speaks Arabic as a first language and self-identifies as Arab.
Arabs comprise less than one-quarter of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims.…
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