Christmas: Pagan Festival or Christian Celebration? Paid Members Public
Christmas: Pagan Festival or Christian Celebration? Dr Anthony McRoy * Joseph F. Kelly, The Origins of Christmas, (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004) * J. Neil Alexander, Waiting for the Coming: The Liturgical Meaning of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, (Washington DC: Pastoral Press, 1993) * Susan K. Roll, Toward the Origins of Christmas, (Kampen: Kok Pharos,
The Apology of Al-Kindy Paid Members Public
BEGIN NAVIGATION BUTTONS END NAVIGATION BUTTONS 80 THE APOLOGY OF AL KINDY. Sura xliii. 57. the message. If there be in the Arabic language no words to express the ideas, then the medium of communication, and therefore the message itself, is imperfect; if otherwise, the messenger." That not the
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BEGIN NAVIGATION BUTTONS END NAVIGATION BUTTONS [blank page] PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. I may say at once that my primary object, in the present undertaking, is to place the "Apology of Al Kindy" in the hands of those who will use it in the interests of the
Comparative Index to Islam : ALI Paid Members Public
ALI B. ABI TALIB son of Abu Talib (son of Abdul Muttalib) and Fatima (daughter of Asad). Abu Talib was an older brother of Muhammad's father Abdallah. He took care of Muhammad when he was young. Ali married the youngest daughter of Muhammad, Fatima. Thus, Ali is a
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HASAN B. ALI. B. ABI TALIB The son of the 4th caliph Ali and Fatima, daughter of Muhammad. Shiites regard him as the 2nd Imam after Ali. al Hasan died in Medina of poision. His wife Jadah, daughter of al Ashath b Kays poisioned him. Yazid b, Muawiyah suborned her
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SUNNI SUNNITE The majority of Muslims belong to this sect within Islam which are rivals to the Shi`ites. Their disputes center upon the claims of the Caliphate. Sunnis accepted all the first four caliphs and accepted the claims of the Ummayyad Dynasty in Damascus to take over the caliphate.
Comparative Index to Islam : CALIPHATE Paid Members Public
CALIPHATE Ar: Khilafah. Islamic form of government where the CALIPH is the religious and political head of state. Recommended Reading: * Sir William Muir, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall Go Back to Main Index
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MAHDI Believed to appear in the end-times, and that Jesus, who is also to appear in the end-times, will be a follower of the Mahdi, and prays behind him. Some, however, believe that Jesus and the Mahdi are the same person. All proof texts are based on hadiths. The Mahdi