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BOHRAS

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BOHRAS. This Muslim community of Gujarat in western India traces its spiritual ancestry to early conversions to Isma’ili Shiism during the reign of the Fatimid […]

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BLASPHEMY

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BLASPHEMY. See Kufr.

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BLACK MUSLIMS

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BLACK MUSLIMS. See Nation of Islam.

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BIRTH RITES

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BIRTH RITES. [To articulate religious values and traditions reflected in birth rites in modern Islamic societies, this entry comprises two articles: Legal Foundations and Modern […]

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BIOGRAPHY AND HAGIOGRAPHY

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BIOGRAPHY AND HAGIOGRAPHY. Religious biography has held great importance in Islamic civilization from the earliest period, when works in various genres enumerated the virtues of […]

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BINT AL-SHATI

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BINT AL-SHATI’. See `Abd al-Rahman, ‘A’ishah.

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BIGI, MUSA YARULLAH

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BIGI, MUSA YARULLAH (1874-1949), VolgaUral Muslim philosopher and religious scholar. Born 24 December 1874 in Rostov on Don, Bigi was the son of the mullah […]

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BID’AH

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BID’AH. In modern Islamic religious discourse the meaning of the term bid `ah (lit., “innovation”) can be understood from the saying attributed to the Prophet: […]