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Islamic fundamentalism
Fundamentalism, Islamic BIBLIOGRAPHY The term Islamic fundamentalists commonly refers to groups who seek to promote the role of Islam in political, social, and economic life, and who contend the necessity of establishing an Islamic state based on Islamic sharia law. The term Islamic... Read more |
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Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden , 1957?-, Saudi-born leader of Al Qaeda [Arab.,=the base], a terrorist organization devoted to uniting all Muslims and establishing a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state. The youngest son of a wealthy Yemeni-born businessman, bin Laden was trained as a civil engineer... Read more |
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special creation
special creation The belief, in accordance with the Book of Genesis, that every species was individually created by God in the form in which it exists today and is not capable of undergoing any change. It was the generally accepted explanation of the origin of life until the advent of Darwinism. The... Read more |
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Muhammad Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak , 1928-, president of Egypt (1981-). air force commander (1972-75) and vice president (1975-81), he became president after Anwar al- Sadat was assassinated on Oct. 6, 1981. Mubarak pledged to continue Sadat's policies, particularly the Camp David accords with Israel. He... Read more |
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Egyptian Islamic Jihad
ISLAMIC JIHAD Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist resistance movement. Islamic Jihad emerged from the Islamic revivalist tradition of the association of Muslim Brotherhood in Israeli-occupied Gaza and was formed by Palestinians studying in Egypt. Rather than pursue the Brotherhood's policy... Read more |
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Islamic art and architecture
Islamic art and architecture works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes. Background In the century after the death (AD 632) of the prophet Muhammad, his Arab followers spread his teachings through Egypt and N Africa,... Read more |
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Islamic militants
Al-Qaeda (also known as Al-Qaida) Responsible for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States, Al-Qaeda (also known as Al-Qaida) was established by Osama bin Ladin (also spelled Usama Bin Ladin or Osama bin Laden) in the late 1980s to bring together... Read more |
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Cynthia Kadohata
Cynthia Kadohata1956 • Chicago, IllinoisAuthorSince publishing her first novel, The Floating World, in 1989, Cynthia Kadohata has been viewed as one of the most compelling novelists in the United States. At the same time, she has tended to be described as a Japanese American writer, a distinction... Read more |
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Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam: A Reader.(Book Review)
...much the same way as the...texts and against different...modernist and fundamentalist perspectives...jihad in Islam is. Most...self, to struggle"; it is...presentation of the differences and dissensions...rebellion ... |