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- Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
31: ...and Eastern Orthodox tradition, between three and fifteen years after Christ's Ascension, in either Je... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ... may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
13: ...ccording to this account, Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the...
17: ... them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves.
22: ...rtly after their expulsion, Eve brought forth her first-born child, and called him [[Cain]]. Only thre...
44: ...of the people to whom God spoke. In the Qur'an, [[Allah]] (God) creates Adam of clay, and then told him "... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...[[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and pal...
10: ... an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...sive style, literally "grass writingstyles"). All five styles of writing are still in use today.
14: ..., hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In the hands of...
32: | [[Clerical script]] (Official script) - Brunei (7197 bytes)
3: ...theast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) and the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] (APEC).
21: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Malay language]]
45: | ''[[Allah Peliharakan Sultan]]''
60: ...Brunei on the Sultan's payroll to protect the oil fields in the West of the country. There is also a l...
84: ...ving as chairman for the 2000 [[APEC]] (Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum. Stated plans for t... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... '''Republic of Sudan''' (in recent years the [[definite article]] has increasingly been dropped in co...
14: national_anthem = [[Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan]] ("We Are the Army of God and of O...
15: official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ...
64: ...southern army officers that sparked 17 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] t...
70: ...civilian government. However the civil war intensified in lethality and the economy continued to deter... - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
24: ==Classification of Islamic architecture==
26: Islamic architecture can be classified according to
32: Islamic architecture may be identified with the following design elements:
47: ... by designs with repeating themes which suggest infinity.
48: ... a frequent motif but typically stylized or simplified for the same reason. - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...ass of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant pop...
9: ...e [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[...
11: ...ifest in the overwhelming popular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12t...
15: ...imid]] [[caliph]] of [[Cairo]], [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], had the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Je...
20: The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor [[Alexius I]]'s appeal to ... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...h such belief. In its broadest sense some have defined it as the sum total of answers given to explai...
5: [[image:FishersOfMen.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Ve...
10: ...from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The first is ''re + legio'' or "re-reading," a meaning a...
12: ===Defining "religion"===
15: Beyond the above, very broad definition of religion, there are a variety of uses an... - Ramadan (3064 bytes)
2: ... ("[[fasting]]" in English) is the third of the [[Five Pillars of Islam]] and involves fasting during ...
6: ...s a [[lunar calendar]], and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Because the...
16: ... place in paradise. It is also believed to be beneficial for personal conduct, that is, to help contro...
18: ...th a sense of accomplishment for coming closer to Allah. It is a time for Muslim families and friends to ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
132: *[[Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi]], (1080-1165){{fn|R}}
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ...h they believe to be flawless, immutable, and the final revelation of [[God]]. Muslims believe that p...
12: ...efinitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God. Islamic teaching sees [[Ju...
14: ...although Sunnis further regard this as one of the five [[pillars of Islam]].
29: ...His Scriptures; and in His Messengers; and in The Final Day; and in Fate, that Good and Evil are from ...
33: {{mainarticle|Allah}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
14: ... say that they were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.)
16: ...cographers came to seek out Bedouin to explain difficult words or elucidate points of grammar. Partly...
18: ... "The Qur'an." The title must always include a defining adjective (avoiding conceivable confusion wit...
28: ...ch with [[metre]] and [[rhyme]]) nor [[prose]] (defined as normal speech or rhymed but non-metrical sp...
38: ...ive a less loose example, the whole of surat [[al-Fil]]: - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
3: ...re not independent states but nevertheless have official anthems, are ''italicized''.
87: |[[Brunei]]||[[Allah Peliharakan Sultan]] (God Bless the Sultan)
117: ...Republic of]]||[[The March of the Volunteers]] (official)
184: |[[Ethiopia]]||[[Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]] (March Forward,...
194: |[[Fiji]]||[[God Bless Fiji]] - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ... was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permiss...
7: ..., established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
9: ...ings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either t...
15: ...order sought refuge in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]]. Finding themselves becoming enmeshed in the politics...
17: ...y were forced to become a more militarized force, fighting especially with the [[Barbary pirates]]. Th... - Dervish (2938 bytes)
1: ...y in European languages, refers to members of [[Sufi]] [[Muslim]] [[ascetic]] religious [[Tarika|frate...
5: As [[Sufi]] practitioners, dervishes were known as source o...
8: ...essions; Egyptian [[Qadirites]], for example, are fishermen.
10: ...e in [[monastic order|monastic]] conditions, superficially similar to Christian monk fraternities. Var...
12: ...iet meditation, as is the case with most of the Sufi orders in [[South Asia]], many of whom owe allegi... - Muslim (12217 bytes)
2: ...ies complete submission to the will of [[God]] ([[Allah]]). Muslims believe that nature is itself Islami...
11: ... any one of his companions. Many matters not specifically mentioned in the Qur'an are covered in the A...
24: ...stages via Messengers. Muslims believe that God's final Messenger, Muhammad, completed the religion ac...
27: * Belief that there is only one god, namely Allah.
28: * Belief in Allah's [[angels]]. - Holy Land (2739 bytes)
1: ... focuses on those areas which hold specific, significant religious importance to three monotheistic tr...
5: ...ce either term can be considered as giving a specific religious group (Jews and Muslims, respectively)...
11: ...s. O my people! Go into '''the holy land''' which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for su...
17: The specific term "al-Quds", "the Holy", is the Arabic name o... - Crane bird (6009 bytes)
17: ..., forming large flocks where their numbers are sufficient.
19: ...ng Crane]]s of North America inspired some of the first [[United States|US]] legislation to protect [[...
21: ... suitably sized prey such as small [[rodent]]s, [[fish]] and [[amphibian]]s, but will eat [[grain]] an...
28: ...], the three goddesses who would intercede with [[Allah]], were the "three exalted cranes" (''gharaniq'')...
46: == Classification == - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
6: ...puted. The [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 cease-fire line]] between [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]], also ...
12: ...ection between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See al...
20: ...according to the Bible, the [[Temple in Jerusalem|First Jewish Temple]] was built in Jerusalem by [[Ki...
22: ...ah become historically identifiable, and the significance the Temple had in Jewish religious life is c...
34: ..., the Jews continued to live in Jerusalem in significant numbers, and were allowed to practice their r...
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