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Sulu Archipelago

(Encyclopedia)Sulu Archipelago so͞oˈlo͞o [key], island group, 1,086 sq mi (2,813 sq km), the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. Lying between the Celebes and Sulu seas, it includes over 900 volcanic islands and coral ...

jihad

(Encyclopedia)jihad: see Islam.

Old Man of the Mountain, in Islamic history

(Encyclopedia)Old Man of the Mountain, in Islamic history: see Assassin. ...

hadith

(Encyclopedia)hadith hädēthˈ [key], a tradition or the collection of the traditions of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, including his sayings and deeds, and his tacit approval of what was said or done in his pres...

Muslim

(Encyclopedia)Muslim mŭzˈlĭm [key] [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad. The form Moslem is ...

ISIS, in Iraqi and Syrian history

(Encyclopedia)ISIS, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: see Islamic State. ...

ISIL

(Encyclopedia)ISIL, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: see Islamic State. ...

Mohammedan

(Encyclopedia)Mohammedan and Mohammedanism: see Muslim and Islam respectively. ...

Middle Eastern religions

(Encyclopedia)Middle Eastern religions, religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the Middle East. Little was known about the religions of the city-states of W Asia until stores of religious lit...

Ibn al-Arabi, Muhyi ad-Din Muhammad bin Ali al-Hatimi at-Tai

(Encyclopedia)Ibn al-Arabi or Ibn Arabi, Muhyi ad-Din Muhammad bin Ali al-Hatimi at-Tai ĭbˌən äl äräˈbē [key], 1165–1240, a Muslim Sufi mystic b. in Murcia, Spain. As a child in Seville, Ibn al-Arabi had ...