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fatwa in Islamic law, an opinion made by a judicial/religious scholar (a mufti ) on a legal, civil, or religious matter. The fatwa is usually a valuable source of information on any subject for private individuals or for judges or other authorities, and it is normally used as a guide and does not... Read more
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Hominoidea (order Primates, suborder Simiiformes) A superfamily that comprises the Hylobatidae (gibbons), Pongidae (great apes), and Hominidae (humans). The latter two families are believed to be descended from a common stock of ‘great apes’ which diverged to form distinct Asian and... Read more
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blasphemy in religion, words or actions that display irreverence toward or contempt for God or that which is held sacred. Blasphemy is regarded as an offense against the community to varying degrees, depending on the extent of the identification of a religion with the society at large or the... Read more
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Bangorian Controversy Bangorian Controversy
Bangorian Controversy , religious dispute in the Church of England during the early part of the reign of George I. Benjamin Hoadly , bishop of Bangor, Wales, delivered a sermon (1717) before the king in which he denied that the church had any doctrinal or disciplinary authority. Advocates of... Read more
Roberto de Nobili Roberto de Nobili
Roberto de Nobili , 1577-1656, Italian Jesuit missionary. He was ordained in Rome in 1603 after seven years of training in Naples and sailed the following year for India with a group of Portuguese missionaries. For his unconventional adoption of Hindu customs, he was censured by the authorities in... Read more
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Dorchester-on-Thames, diocese of. First created in c.635 as the see of Birinus for Wessex, it was transferred to Winchester c.663. A Mercian bishopric existed here twice, 675–85, and again following Leicester's retreat from the 8th-cent. Danish invasions. As the Danelaw was reconquered,... Read more
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (7 August 1964), resolution that provided much of the legal authority for President Lyndon B. Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War.On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese gunboats attacked the USS Maddox, an American ship engaged in electronic espionage in the Gulf of... Read more

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