OMAN. Although a major component of its distinctiveness derives from Ibadi Islam, Oman is religiously, ethnically, and geographically complex. Its estimated 1992 population of 1,500,000 […]
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NURI, FAZLULLAH
NURI, FAZLULLAH (December 24, 1843 in Mazandaran – July 31, 1909 in Tehran), more fully, Hajj Shaykh Fazlullah ibn Mulla `Abbas Mazandarani Nuri Tihrani, a […]
NURCHOLISH MADJID
NURCHOLISH MADJID (March 17, 1939 – August 29, 2005), Indonesian scholar and advocate of religious tolerance. Nurcholish is among Indonesia’s most daring theologians. His vision […]
NUMEROLOGY
NUMEROLOGY. The science of interpreting numbers in a mystical or magical sense was very popular in the traditional Islamic world. By assigning each letter of […]
PROPHET HOOD
PROPHET HOOD. The commonest term for prophet-hood in the Islamic religious vocabulary is nubuwah, from the Arabic root n-b-‘, meaning “elevate” or “announce.” The latter […]
NIQABAH
NIQABAH. The common contemporary Arabic for any association of those who earn their living by practicing a common profession or a profession within a common […]
NI`MATULLAHIYAH
NI`MATULLAHIYAH. Beginning as a Sunni Sufi order in the fourteenth century in southeastern Iran, the Ni’matullahiyah became Sh!’! in the fifteenth century. It established itself […]