The Shia, however, believe that the leader of Islam, whom they refer to as the imam rather than the khalifa, must be a descendant of the Prophet. ... The Shia movement dates from the period when a group of Muslims wanted Ali ibn abu Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, to become the khalifa instead of Abu Bakr, who had been elected the first khalifa following the death of Muhammad in 632. They advanced his candidacy on the basis of heredity It was only after Ali's murder that Shi"ism became an organized religious and political movement in Iraq (Nasr. ...

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Black Muslims and Orthodox Islam: What is the Real Deal? About year 600 a man called Prophet Muhammad was born and began his teachings of Allah. His followers are of the Orthodox Islamic religion. Although to date numerous branches have developed from mere disagreements as minor as who was the r...

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Over the last four months you can't listen to a news broadcast without hearing about Muslim fundamentalists. Here in the Bible belt there have been times in the past couple of decades when you couldn't turn on the television without seeing a Christian fundamentalist preaching away. Our nation has ...

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By the start of the 10th century Sufi centers were established in which a Sufi master would serve as teacher and leader to followers. ... The Safavid dynasty, which combined Sufism and radical Shi'i ideas, began as a Sufi movement. ...

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. * China Church Leaders Sentenced * House Churches - A Family In Hiding... * Some Christians Resisting China's Crackdown On Religion .. * 70 Christians Have Disappeared Or Been Secretly Arrested .. * China House Church Leaders Shaken by Cult Kidnappings (Mandate) Just looking over these few headlines gives quite an impression of what faith in China is like. ... Correct me if I am wrong, but that statement is terrible to be coming from a newly elected leader of Christianity in China. ... There has been a recent growth in the house church movement, which is being credited to Bible distrib...

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This further proves that Osama's movement was an extension of his father's beliefs. ... To establish the strength and longevity of Al-Qaeda, this insight into Osama bin Laden's upbringing allows us to make the connection to the ideologies bin Laden established as one of Al-Qaeda's leaders. ... Scheuer (2011) illustrated how Islamic scholars influenced him into throughout his life: "Until well into the 1990s, a central aspect of Osama's faith was his belief that all Islamic scholars merited respect and that the best of them were the natural leaders in reforming Muslim...

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All the similarities that were talked about above came into view at the first ever Millennium World Peace Summit of religious and spiritual leaders, and lead one step closer to finding a way to formulate a "global spiritual body that may one day speak for all religions-. ... Adviser for local leaders C. ...

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This is where he changed from a religious leader to something more of an equal rights or human rights activist. ... Other black leaders for civil rights would talk down to Malcolm and his followers because they hated white people, and wanted them to fight for civil rights. ... He had many personal troubles also bothering him, such as when his younger brother Reginald was silenced and removed from the Muslim movement. ...

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The most well known national hero is Mohammad Ali Janah who is often referred to as Quaid-e-Azam or Great Leader. ... The eldest male is the family leader and makes all significant decisions regarding the family and its members. ...

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