query: where do the majority of islamic followers live

pos: Islam by country are of South Asian origin, therefore South Asia contains the largest population of Muslims in the world. Within this region, however, Muslims are second in numbers to Hindus, as Muslims are a majority in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but not India. The various Hamito-Semitic (including Arab, Berber), Turkic, and Iranic countries of the greater Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, where Islam is the dominant religion in all countries other than Israel, hosts 23% of world Muslims. The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia, which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims. Together,

pos: Barelvi Barelvi Barelvi (, , ) is a movement following the Sunni Hanafi school of jurisprudence, with over 200 million followers in South Asia. The name derives from the north Indian town of Bareilly, the hometown of its founder and main leader Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921). Although Barelvi is the commonly used term in the media and academia, the followers of the movement often prefer to be known by the title of "Ahle Sunnat wa Jama'at", () or as "Sunnis", a reference to their perception as forming an international majority movement. The movement emphasizes personal devotion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad

neg: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh communities where the majority of the population are Shi'a Muslims, such as Iran, his followers should exercise caution in celebrating the twin birthdays so that they do not upset the majority of the population who are mourning during the Islamic month of Muharram. In the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar, the two holy days fall on consecutive days: the birth of the Báb is on the first day of Muharram in 1235 AH (20 October 1819), and the birth of Bahá'u'lláh is on the second day of Muharram in 1233 AH (12 November 1817). Bahá'u'lláh stated that if

neg: Islamic finance products, services and contracts critics among scholars and analysts. Microfinance seeks to help the poor and spur economic development by providing small loans to entrepreneurs too small and poor to interest non-microfinance banks. Its strategy meshes with the "guiding principles" or objectives of Islamic finance, and with the needs of Muslim-majority countries where a large fraction of the world's poor live, many of them small entrepreneurs in need of capital. (Many of them also among the estimated 72 percent of the Muslim population who do not use formal financial services, often either because they are not available, and/or because potential customer believe conventional lending

neg: Islam in Iran mandates that other Islamic schools are to be accorded full respect, and their followers are free to act in accordance with their own jurisprudence in performing their religious rites and recognizes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian Iranians as religious minorities. As part of this mandate of allowing other practices, however, the Islamic Republic does not allow Sunni mosques in areas where Sunnis are not the demographic majority. Citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran are officially divided into four categories: Muslims, Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians. This official division ignores other religious minorities in Iran, notably those of the Bahá'í faith. Bahá’ís

neg: Turks in Germany Kemalist ideology tend to be more secular and often do not practice their religion. On the other hand, followers of more conservative ideologies, such as the Millî Görüş and Gülenists movements, are more likely to practice their religion. Nonetheless, in general, religion within the Turkish community has been particularly important for ethnic reassurance in order to retain the Turkish culture rather than solely practicing the Islamic faith. There are also some Turks who do not practice a religion at all and identify as atheists or who have converted to other religions, usually Christianity. According to the 2011 Census, a majority

neg: Human rights in the Quran is aware of what you do". The Quran, also unequivocally restricts its believers from aiding someone in need of their help only where they intend to deceive or carry out an act of aggression by stating "help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression". Furthermore, the Quran teaches its followers that treating followers of other religions justly, and kindly is an article of faith.> According to the Quran, life is a divine bestowal on humanity that should be secured and defended by all means (Islamic bioethics). It is the individual and

neg: Hanbali customs of a community as a sound basis to derive Islamic law, a method that Hanafi and Maliki Sunni fiqhs accept. Hanbali school is the strict traditionalist school of jurisprudence in Sunni Islam. It is found primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, where it is the official fiqh. Hanbali followers are the demographic majority in four emirates of UAE (Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Ajman). Large minorities of Hanbali followers are also found in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen and among Iraqi and Jordanian bedouins. The Hanbali school experienced a reformation in the Wahhabi-Salafist movement. Historically the school was small;

neg: Islam in Kyrgyzstan Islam in Kyrgyzstan The vast majority of people in Kyrgyzstan are Muslims; as of 1997, 86.3% of the country's population were followers of Islam. Muslims in Kyrgyzstan are generally of the Sunni branch, which entered the region during the eighth century, though there are some Ahmadi Muslims. Most of Kyrgyz Muslims practice their religion in a specific way influenced by shamanic tribal customs. There has been a revival of Islamic practices since independence in Kyrgyzstan. For the most part religious leaders deal only with issues of religion and do not reach out to communities, but rather offer services to those

neg: Hinduism in Afghanistan Hinduism in Afghanistan Hinduism in Afghanistan is practiced by a tiny minority of Afghans, believed to be about 1,000 individuals who live mostly in Kabul and other major cities of the country. Before the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan, the Afghan people were multi-religious. The majority were followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. Most Hindu temples were destroyed or converted into mosques by the 11th century. There is no reliable information on when Hinduism began in Afghanistan but historians suggest that the territory south of the Hindu Kush was culturally connected with the Indus Valley Civilization in ancient times. At the same

neg: Hinduism in Afghanistan as "vulnerable groups" who got reservation, but not religious minorities as per the religious equality article in the constitution. Meeta Jaitley, late mother of Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul to a Hindu family. Hinduism in Afghanistan Hinduism in Afghanistan is practiced by a tiny minority of Afghans, believed to be about 1,000 individuals who live mostly in Kabul and other major cities of the country. Before the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan, the Afghan people were multi-religious. The majority were followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. Most Hindu temples were destroyed or converted into mosques by the 11th century. There is

neg: Schools of Islamic theology Jaf'ari or Batiniyyah madh'habs". Followers of "the Jaf'ari madh'hab" are divided into the following sub-divisions, all of them are the followers of "the Theology of Twelvers:" The Usuli form the overwhelming majority within the Twelver Shia denomination. They follow a Marja-i Taqlid on the subject of taqlid and fiqh. They are concentrated in <nowiki>Iran, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, and Lebanon</nowiki>. Akhbari, similar to Usulis, however reject ijtihad in favor of hadith. Concentrated in Bahrain. Shaykhism is an Islamic religious movement founded by Shaykh Ahmad in the early 19th century Qajar dynasty, Iran, now retaining a minority following in Iran and

neg: Islamic banking and finance Microfinance seeks to help the poor and spur economic development by providing small loans to entrepreneurs too small and poor to interest non-microfinance banks. Its strategy meshes with the "guiding principles" or objectives of Islamic finance, and with the needs of Muslim-majority countries where a large fraction of the world's poor live, many of them small entrepreneurs in need of capital, and most unwilling or unable to use formal financial services. According to the Islamic Microfinance Network website (as of circa 2013), there are more than 300 Islamic microfinance institutions in 32 countries, The products used in Islamic microfinance may

neg: Islam in Papua New Guinea Islam in Papua New Guinea Islam in Papua New Guinea is a minority religion, with over 5,000 followers. The majority of the Muslims belong to the Sunni group, while a small number are Ahmadi. The people of the island of New Guinea traded with China and the Malay empire, the latter of which was Muslim, beginning in the 16th century. In 1988, Muslims in Papua New Guinea set up the first Islamic center, with the help of a Malaysia-based Islamic organisation and the Saudi Ministry of Islamic affairs. In 1996, three more Islamic centers were established, with the help of

neg: Baba Ishak basic orthodox Islamic teaching and wanted to drink alcohol and pray with music. They did not want to go to mosques or fast in Ramadan. Hamad Subani has researched on this further and established a relation between their practices and those of early Jews and Christians. As the dominance of his influence with this belief was growing enough, Baba excited his followers to do armed "jihad" (misusing an Islamic term to satisfy his personal objectives), against the sultan’s regime. In the consequent clash, while the followers of Baba Ishak took over several prominent cities of the north eastern Anatolia, their

neg: Ẓāhirī Hanbal agreed with them in this, most followers of the Hanafi and Hanbali schools generally do not, nor do the other two Sunni schools. Additionally, the Ẓāhirī school does not accept analogical reasoning as a source of Islamic law, nor do they accept the practice of juristic discretion, pointing to a verse in the Qur'an which declares that nothing has been neglected in the Muslim scriptures. While al-Shafi‘i and followers of his school agree with the Ẓāhirīs in rejecting the latter, all other Sunni schools accept the former, though at varying levels. Like its founder Dawud, the Ẓāhirī school has

neg: Canary Islands in the Canary Islands: Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur and José de Anchieta. Both born on the island of Tenerife, they were respectively missionaries in Guatemala and Brazil. The Canary Islands are divided into two Catholic dioceses, each governed by a bishop: Separate from the overwhelming Christian majority are a minority of Muslims. Among the followers of Islam, the Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands exists to represent the Islamic community in the Canary Islands as well as to provide practical support to members of the Islamic community. Other religious faiths represented include Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus

neg: 9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran 9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran The 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly was 33rd Parliament of Iran that commenced on 27 May 2012 following the legislative elections on 2 March and 4 May 2012 and was closed on 24 May 2016. The parliament was dominated by the conservatives. There were two main parliamentary groups active during the term: The majority Followers of Wilayat ("Rahrovan") led by Ali Larijani and chaired by Kazem Jalali, along with the minority Principlists fraction led by Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel. The latter was composed of more conservative groupings such as Paydari and Pathseekers, however Larijani's fraction

neg: 9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran was hostile towards President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In the first session Speaker election, Haddad-Adel lost to Larijani with 100 to 173 votes out of total 275. 9th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran The 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly was 33rd Parliament of Iran that commenced on 27 May 2012 following the legislative elections on 2 March and 4 May 2012 and was closed on 24 May 2016. The parliament was dominated by the conservatives. There were two main parliamentary groups active during the term: The majority Followers of Wilayat ("Rahrovan") led by Ali Larijani and chaired by Kazem Jalali, along

neg: Jihadist extremism in the United States the federal inmate population seek Muslim Islamic services. Through prisoner self-reporting, the majority of Muslims in federal prison are Sunni or Nation of Islam followers. The federal prison population is only a small percentage of the total U.S. prison population, however, and cannot provide an overall representation of Muslims inmates in the United States. Some mosques in the United States transmit extremist ideas. The North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), a group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, "holds titles of approximately 300 properties [mosques and Islamic schools]". The organization's website states: "NAIT does not administer these institutions or interfere in

neg: Insurgency in Aceh there was the forced fusion of all political parties representing Muslim interests into the "Partai Persatuan Pembangunan" (PPP) or United Development Party in 1973. Members and followers of Islamic political parties in Aceh suffered from varying degrees of harassment. Despite Aceh's special territory status, it was not allowed to implement "syariah" nor to integrate Islamic religious schools ("madrasah") with mainstream national schools for a unified education system—both proposals were ignored by the central government. Despite Indonesia being a Muslim majority state, building on Aceh's existing self-conception of its role in Islam and the "Orde Baru"'s hostile attitude towards Islamic forms

neg: Caliphate years. This period is known as the Fitna, or the first Islamic civil war. The followers of Ali later became the Shi'a ("shiaat Ali", partisans of Ali.) minority sect of Islam and reject the legitimacy of the first 3 caliphs. The followers of all four Rashidun Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali) became the majority Sunni sect. Under the Rashidun each region (Sultanate, Wilayah, or Emirate) of the Caliphate had its own governor (Sultan, Wāli or Emir). Muawiyah, a relative of Uthman and governor ("Wali") of Syria, succeeded Ali as Caliph. Muawiyah transformed the caliphate into a hereditary office,

neg: Marxism and religion to various Soviet and Western sources, over one-third of the country's people still professed religious belief (Christianity and Islam had the most believers). Christians belonged to various churches: Orthodox, which had the largest number of followers; Catholic; and Baptist and other Protestant denominations. The majority of the Islamic faithful were Sunni while Judaism also had many followers. Other religions, which were practiced by a relatively small number of believers, included Buddhism and Shamanism. However it should be noted that after 1941 in the stalin era , religious persecution was greatly reduced. To gather support from the masses during WW2 ,

neg: Steven Stalinsky Post interviewed Stalinsky for an article reporting the growing use of the encrypted communication app Telegram by Islamic terrorist groups. Stalinsky shared some of the findings of his recent research for the article, "It [Telegram] has surpassed Twitter as the most important platform. All the big groups are on it. We see ISIS [Islamic State] talking about the benefits of Telegram and encouraging its followers to use it." The article notes that Stalinsky "monitors hundreds of Jihadist-related Telegram channels ... watching live “chats” joined by individuals who sign on to forums linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaeda and dozens of

neg: Bahá'í Faith in Bahrain of God, and this is reflected in the "Mtbaih", a cultural behavior. Followers of the religion do not talking about it, do not intervene in political affairs as it is something forbidden in the religion, and that they deal with the wider community peacefully, respectful of their prayer times and days of fasting. Traditionally the Ministry of Islamic Affairs had repeatedly denied the Bahá'í community's request for a license to operate. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs stated that the religion is an offshoot of Islam. According to its official interpretation of Islam, the government regards the core beliefs of Baha'is

neg: Muhammad Tahir more than two lac people (2016 estimate), and is one of the biggest religious gatherings in Pakistan. Outside Pakistan he has a large number of followers in UAE and considerable numbers in countries such as UK, Australia and South Africa. Some of his murids live in the US, Canada, parts of Europe, Saudi Arabia, China, Sri Lanka and some other countries, where they are actively engaged to spread his message of inter-faith harmony and love of God with Qalbi Dhikr. He has been writing on different topics of Islam such as Sufism, Zikr (Remembrance of Allah), Islamic law etc. All

neg: Pegida willing to demonstrate. On 18 December 2014, the Forsa Institute conducted a survey which showed that 67% of all surveyed Germans considered the danger of Islamisation exaggerated. 29%, consisting of 71% of all surveyed AfD supporters, felt too strong an Islamic influence in Germany and deemed respective demonstrations justified. 13% said they would participate in protests near their residence. 10%, consisting of 57% of all surveyed AfD followers, would even vote for an anti-Islamic party. A special report by the Bertelsmann Foundation, complemented by a TNS Emnid survey from November 2014, showed that a majority of German citizens considered Islam

neg: Protestantism in Ethiopia Other big Protestant churches in Ethiopia include Meserete Kristos (Mennonite), Gubae Egziabehare (Assembly of God), Mulu Wongel, and Misgana church. There officially is freedom of religion. In Gambela, Mekane Yesus followers are about 60% of the population. In regions with an Islamic majority, Christians face opposition from local authorities and radical Muslims. According to "Voice of the Martyrs", there have been brutal killings of Pentay Christians in rural areas that tend to be overlooked by the Ethiopian government and stay undisclosed to international organizations. "Voice of the Martyrs" also states that Pentay Christians have been murdered by Islamic militants because

neg: Islam in Indonesia sphere for the culmination of new thoughts and sources for communal movements. 75% of 200 million Indonesian Muslims identify either as Nahdlatul Ulama or Muhammadiyah, making these organizations a 'steel frame' of Indonesian civil society. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest traditionalist organisation, focuses on many of the activities such as social, religious and education and indirectly operates a majority of the country's Islamic boarding schools. Claiming 40 to 60 million followers, NU is the country's largest organisation and perhaps the world's largest Islamic group. Founded in 1926, NU has a nationwide presence but remains strongest in rural Java. It follows

neg: Nabeel Qureshi (author) same God?" on an episode of "Seeking Truth with Julie Roys" with Volf arguing the position that they worship the same God and Qureshi arguing the position that they do not. Qureshi commented on international Islamic terrorism in several media outlets, including "USA Today", Fox News, Newsmax TV, TheBlaze and the "Huffington Post" where he detailed his conversion to Christianity and his belief that Islam is inherently a violent religion. On 30 August 2016, Qureshi announced that he was in the advanced stages of stomach cancer. Qureshi took to his Facebook page to inform fans and followers of his illness

neg: Islamic leadership in Jerusalem was appointed by the Ottoman Empire as the Qadi 1914-1918-was the rightful Islamic leader of the region. Shuqeiri was the father of Ahmad Shukeiri (1908–1980), the first leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Shortly after the 1917 Battle of Jerusalem, newly appointed British Military Governor Ronald Storrs met with Hussein al-Husayni, who explained that the majority of Jerusalem's 11,000 Muslim residents were followers of the official Ottoman Hanafi rite, with a minority following the Shafi’i school which had been predominant prior to the Ottoman conquest. At the time there was a Hanafi mufti and a Shari'a mufti of Jerusalem. Storrs

neg: Islamic schools and branches that the position of caliph may be attained democratically, on gaining a majority of the votes, but after the Rashidun, the position turned into a hereditary dynastic rule because of the divisions started by the Umayyads and others. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923, there has never been another caliph as widely recognized in the Muslim world. In recent times, followers of the classical Sunni schools of jurisprudence and "kalam" (rationalistic theology) on one hand and Salafis, who follow a literalist reading of early Islamic sources, on the other, have laid competing claims to represent orthodox Sunni

neg: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant nearly 70,000 Indian Muslim clerics associated with the Indian Barelvi movement issued a fatwa condemning ISIL and similar organisations, saying they are "not Islamic organisations". Approximately 1.5 million Sunni Muslim followers of this movement have formally decried violent extremists. Mehdi Hasan, a political journalist in the UK, said in the "New Statesman", Hassan Hassan, an analyst at the Delma Institute, wrote in "The Guardian" that because the Islamic State "bases its teachings on religious texts that mainstream Muslim clerics do not want to deal with head on, new recruits leave the camp feeling that they have stumbled on the true

neg: Mukataba income. The majority of Sunni authorities approved the manumission of all the "People of the Book", that is, Christians and Jews, but according to some jurists, especially among the Shi’a, only Muslim slaves should be liberated. According to the opinion of a majority of Muslim jurists, the slave must pay the agreed-upon amount in instalments. The followers of Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence accept one immediate payment; scholars of the Maliki school require one instalment, while Hanbalis and Shafi'is insist on at least two instalments. The slaves were allowed to either work independently and apply their earnings for their ransom,

neg: Madurese people the majority of Madurese do not now live on that island. The Madurese people have migrated out of Madura over several hundred years, mostly driven by poor agricultural resources in their home island. The majority have settled on Java, where an estimated six million Madurese live, especially in East Java where they form about half the population. Official and academic data on the population of Madurese people vary considerably. During the nationwide population census conducted in Indonesia in 2010, the Madurese people make up 3.03% of the country's population, that is 7,179,356 people. On the other hand, some scientific sources

neg: Houthi movement Hussein al-Bukhari, a Houthi insider, said that Houthis' preferable political system is a republic with elections where women can also hold political positions, and that they do not seek to form a cleric-led government after the model of Islamic Republic of Iran for "we cannot apply this system in Yemen because the followers of the Shafi (Sunni) doctrine are bigger in number than the Zaydis." Ali Akbar Velayati, International Affairs Advisor to Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, stated in October 2014 that "We are hopeful that Ansar-Allah has the same role in Yemen as Hezbollah has in eradicating

neg: Islamic Center of Central Missouri Islamic Center of Central Missouri Islamic Center of Central Missouri is a mosque located in Columbia, Missouri. Established in 1983, is the first ever Islamic Center in the state of Missouri. Friday sermons,(khuṭbah) (lit. narration) are held every week from 12-12:45pm and 1-2pm. Khatib at this Islamic Center is usually a member of the local Muslim community. Sometimes national Muslim speakers are also invited. Prominent khateebs who have spoken at the Islamic Center include Suhaib Webb. Every Spring, the mosque holds an open house where followers of other faiths are invited to visit the center, learn more about Islam and

neg: Islam in Bulgaria dietary restrictions. The majority of Muslims in Bulgaria who adhere to halal food restrictions are recent Arab immigrants to the country. In supermarkets, there are no signs indicating whether food is halal. Few Bulgarian Muslim women wear traditional Islamic dress of any kind, such as headscarves, and most who do live in the rural parts of the country. On 20 February 2013, the regional muftiate in Shumen organized a Sufi music concert, announced to be the first of its kind, because of the participation of a unique male choir consisting of 22 Sufi singers trained in Todor Ikonomovo village. The

neg: Bulgarian Muslims Provinces and the eastern part of the Blagoevgrad Province in Southern Bulgaria. They also live in a group of villages in the Lovech Province in Northern Bulgaria. The name "Pomak" is pejorative in Bulgarian and is resented by most members of the community, especially by non-practising Muslims. The name adopted and used instead of Pomak is "Bulgarian Muslims". Bulgarian Muslims do not represent a homogenous community and have a multitude of ethnic and religious identities. A clear majority of them (127,350 according to the latest census in 2001) declare themselves to be ethnic Bulgarians of Islamic faith. However, a significant

neg: Religious education university teaching the religious education standards. Private schools with a traditional connection to Buddhist sects generally do not mandate any religious study. Religious or political education, or clubs that promote a specific religious or political group, are prohibited at public schools. In Pakistan, Muslim students must take Islamic studies from primary to higher education. The subject is optional for non-Muslim students, who can choose the subject of ethics instead. In Thailand, Burma and other majority Buddhist societies, Buddhist teachings and social decorum are sometimes taught in public school. Young men are expected to live as monks for several months at

neg: Demographics of Afghanistan major cities. Islam is the religion of more than 99% of Afghanistan's citizens. Roughly 90% of the population practice Sunni Islam and belong to the Hanafi Islamic law school, while 7–15% are followers of Shia Islam; the majority of whom belong to the Twelver branch, with smaller numbers of Ismailis. The remaining 1% or less practice other religions such as Sikhism and Hinduism. Excluding urban populations in the principal cities, most People are organized into tribal and other kinship-based groups, who follow their own traditional customs, for instance Pashtuns Pashtunwali. The majority of the country's population lives in rural areas

neg: Islam in Australia sects, the second largest religious grouping in Australia, after all denominations and sects of Christianity (61.1%, also including practicing and non-practicing cultural Christians). Demographers attribute Muslim community growth trends during the most recent census period to relatively high birth rates, and recent immigration patterns. Adherents of Islam represent the majority of the population in Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The vast majority of Muslims in Australia belong to the two major denominations of Islam, the Sunni and Shia denominations, with the followers of each of these further split along different Madh'hab (schools of thought within Islamic jurisprudence for the interpretation and practice

neg: Silence Day his followers to fast, to pray, to repeat the names of God, and similar practices. In his last request to his followers on the subject, in 1968, he asked only that they observe silence. While Meher Baba did not establish any ongoing requirement, even after his death the majority of his followers voluntarily keep silent on July 10. About his silence Meher Baba wrote, Man’s inability to live God’s words makes the Avatar’s teaching a mockery. Instead of practicing the compassion he taught, man has waged wars in his name. Instead of living the humility, purity, and truth of his

neg: Islamic Declaration from the arsenal of a Western democracy; it is a movement founded on Islamic ideology, with clear criteria of moral and ideological belonging. Izetbegović wrote that an Islamic government is not possible except in the context of an Islamic society, which can exist only when the absolute majority of the population is constituted by sincere and practicing Muslims. On this basis, it is impossible to theorize an Islamic government in Bosnia where Muslims, even only by name, are a minority."The Islamic order can be realized only in the nations in which Muslims represent the majority of the population. Without this

neg: Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamia, Ziri and can prove themselves worthy followers of Islam and ideal citizen of the country wherever they live in. Accordingly, Arabic and Mother tongue have been included in the courses of study giving special attention to the Islamic Sari'ah. In addition, there is also provision for vocational training which help the students to build their career as a self-reliant man. At present, it has 55 teachers and 1600 students among whom 1000 are orphans. The Jamiah looks after some Islamic educational institutions of this area so that they can improve their curricular activities. The Jamiah's academic grade consists of "Primary level",

neg: Richard Land law in U.S. courts was unconstitutional, Muslims had the right to abide by Islamic rules, so long as they weren't imposed on the government. He concluded that Muslims had the right to have a mosque near where they live, the right to use Islamic customs in their marriages, and the right to choose to veil. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012, Land made the following comments in an NPR interview regarding the use of a weapon: "If I find that someone is trying to do harm to someone else, I

neg: Islamic Community of Germany for Muslim Brotherhood followers in Germany." while noting that links to the brotherhood are often publicly denied by its European organisations. The IGD has been known by these names: Directors: Islamic Community of Germany The Islamic Community of Germany (; IGD) is an Islamic organization headquartered in Munich, Germany and that consists of a network of mosques, centers and associations in all major West German cities. The German government says the IGD is the central organization for Muslim Brotherhood followers in Germany. It is part of the umbrella organization Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe which has its headquarters in

neg: Buddhism China (18%), Japan (36%), Taiwan (35%), Macau (17%), North Korea (14%), Nepal (11%), Vietnam (10%), Singapore (33%), Hong Kong (15%) and South Korea (23%). Buddhism is also growing by conversion.In United states, only about a third (32%) of Buddhists in the United States are Asian; a majority (53%) are white. Buddhism in the America is primarily made up of native-born adherents, whites and converts. After China, where nearly half of the worldwide Buddhists live, the 10 countries with the largest Buddhist population densities are: "Subnotes" Buddhism Buddhism (, ) is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or

neg: Hizb ut-Tahrir (Australia) kufir," further stating that "This is an Islamic struggle to liberate Islamic lands, to re-institute Islamic rule over what is, and will always be, Islamic land." Regarding Jews who currently live in Israel, Doureihi offered the following advice: "our advice, very clearly, is to return to the lands from which you immigrated, to do so peacefully before you will do so forcefully." In an audio clip of a speech on Voice of Islam Radio (Australia), which was later posted online 16 October 2014, Ismail Al-Wahwah stated (as translated by MEMRI) that "Our true conflict is with Europe and the U.S.

neg: Background and causes of the Iranian Revolution of traditional urban communities such as bazaaris and artisans. Bazaars in particular became centers of associational life, with Islamic groups and occasions tying people together through clerics' interpreting Islamic laws to settle commercial disputes and taxing the well-to-do to provide welfare for devout poorer followers. An endless succession of prayer-meetings and rituals were organized by both clergy and the laity. Bazaars also enjoyed ties with more modern sectors of Iranians society as many Iranian university students were from the merchant class. But since 1970s, Shah aroused the defense and oppositions of the bazaar by attempts at bring under control their

neg: Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, J&K Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, J&K Jamiat Ahle Hadees J&K is the Islamic religious organisation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The organisation has thousands of followers across the state. The Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind is considered as the parent organization adhering the same ideology. The organization has many educational centers across the state imparting the Islamic education and some schools operating under JK Board. The organization planned to open a university in Kashmir but hasn't been able to do so due to some government concerns. The planned university was scheduled to be named as "Transworld Muslim University". The headquarters of the

neg: Shia clergy there were over 60 recognized Marj in the Shia Muslim world. The Shia clerics in this period were closely tied with the bazaars that were in turn strongly linked with the artisans and farmers that together formed traditional socioeconomic communities and centers of associational life with Islamic occasions and functions tying them to clerics who interpreted Islamic laws to settle commercial disputes and taxed the well-to-do to provide welfare for devout poorer followers. A succession of prayer-meetings and rituals were organized by both clergy and the laity. Bazaars also enjoyed ties with more modern sectors of Iranians society as many

neg: Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, J&K key position in this organisation as he has rendered tremendous services for this organisation Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith, J&K Jamiat Ahle Hadees J&K is the Islamic religious organisation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The organisation has thousands of followers across the state. The Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind is considered as the parent organization adhering the same ideology. The organization has many educational centers across the state imparting the Islamic education and some schools operating under JK Board. The organization planned to open a university in Kashmir but hasn't been able to do so due to some government concerns. The planned

neg: Islamic Principlism in Iran reformists or "Eslaah-Talabaan" who seek religious and constitutional reforms in Iran. "Fundamentalism is the belief in absolute religious authority and the demand that this religious authority be legally enforced. Often, fundamentalism involves the willingness to do battle for one's faith. Fundamentalists make up only one part of any religion's followers, who usually fall along a wide spectrum of different interpretations, beliefs and strong values." There are some major differences between Christian fundamentalism and what is called Islamic fundamentalism. According to Bernard Lewis: "In western usage these words [Revivalism and Fundamentalism] have a rather specific connotation; they suggest a certain type

neg: Followers of Wilayat fraction Followers of Wilayat fraction Followers of Wilayat (; "Rahrovan Velayat") is an influential principlist parliamentary group active during the 9th term of Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly (2012–2016). Led by Ali Larijani, the fraction intended to become an official political party in 2015 to compete in the 2016 legislative election, however it did not happen and its key members allied with the Pervasive Coalition of Reformists. The Followers' core is principlism and since it takes moderate positions, it has some reformist and independent members, contrary to the rival "Principlists Fraction" () which is close to Front of Islamic Revolution Stability. The

neg: Neetham do not find anyone inferior or superior to others with respect to the jobs they do. They neither do any menial jobs nor make others do so. In turn, they live with a mutual understanding of others not unlike the innocence of children. Thus the people of the society would live: always striving to be role models for others. This ethical code is considered by followers to have been given by Ayyavazhi scriptures to mankind. This Raja Neetham or Arasa Neetham says, how an individual should be to the society or nation, and in turn how the nation should be

neg: Islamic sexual jurisprudence early disciples were circumcised to symbolize their inclusion within the emerging Islamic community. Amongst "Ulema" (Muslim legal scholars), there are differing opinions about the compulsion of circumcision in "Sharia" (Islamic law). Imams Abū Ḥanīfa, founder of the Hanafi school of "Fiqh" (Islamic jurisprudence), and Malik ibn Anas, maintain that circumcision is a "Sunnah Mu'akkadah"—not obligatory but highly recommended. The Shafi`i and Hanbali schools see it as binding on all Muslims. Islamic sources do not fix a particular time for circumcision. It depends on family, region and country. A majority of Ulema however take the view that parents should get their

neg: Mennonites but the various groups do not hold to a common confession or creed. Rather than fight, the majority of these followers survived by fleeing to neighboring states where ruling families were tolerant of their belief in believer's baptism. Over the years, Mennonites have become known as one of the historic peace churches because of their commitment to pacifism. In contemporary 21st-century society, Mennonites either are described only as a religious denomination with members of different ethnic origins or as both an ethnic group and a religious denomination. There is controversy among Mennonites about this issue, with some insisting that they

neg: Islamic Declaration moral concepts of the religion." Noel Malcolm states that it only referred to countries where the majority of population was practising Muslim, stating that the "entire discussion of the nature of an Islamic political system is inapplicable to Bosnia. Vjekoslav Perica meanwhile states that it called on Muslims to demand a state of their own, once they became the majority in a country, organized according to Islamic laws and norms. The Islamic order envisaged in it endeavours to prohibit "alcoholic intoxication of the people", public and secret prostitution, all forms of pornography, casinos, night and dancing clubs as well as

neg: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria", adding that the title of caliph can "only be given by the entire Muslim nation", not by a single group. The group's execution of Muslims for breach of traditional "sharia" law while violating it itself (encouraging women to emigrate to its territory, travelling without a "Wali"—male guardian—and in violation of his wishes) has been criticised; as has its love of archaic imagery (horsemen and swords) while engaging in "bid'ah" (religious innovation) in establishing female religious police (known as Al-Khansaa Brigade). In a similar vein, the Syrian Islamic scholar Muhammad al-Yaqoubi says, "[t]he followers of ISIS do not want

neg: Zuhdi Jasser has claimed that 3 to 5 percent of U.S. Muslims are militant and 30 to 40 percent do not believe in separation of mosque and state. He also states that he believes many Western Muslim imams are too timid in their response to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seemingly both criticizing but also sympathizing with its goal of a caliphate stating "Clearly, the majority of the mosques in the United States are led by imams who are Islamists — who believe that in Muslim-majority countries that the state should be identified as an Islamic state." Jasser is an

neg: Criticism of Islam women's rights in domestic abuse cases. Shari'a is the basis for personal status laws in most Islamic majority nations. These personal status laws determine rights of women in matters of marriage, divorce and child custody. A 2011 UNICEF report concludes that Shari'a law provisions are discriminatory against women from a human rights perspective. In legal proceedings under Shari'a law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's before a court. Except for Iran, Lebanon and Bahrain which allow child marriages, the civil code in Islamic majority countries do not allow child marriage of girls. However, with Shari'a personal status

neg: Bhat Vahis Bhat Vahis Bhat Vahis were scrolls or records maintained by Bhatts also known as Bhatra. The majority of Bhat Sikhs originate from Punjab and were amongst the first followers of Guru Nanak. Bhat tradition and Sikh text states their ancestors came from Punjab, where the Raja Shivnabh and his kingdom became the original 16th century followers of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. The Raja's grandson Prince Baba Changa earned the title ‘Bhat Rai’ – the ‘Raja of Poets, and then settled himself and his followers all over India as missionaries to spread the word of Guru Nanak, where many

neg: Taran Panth number of the followers of the Taran Panth range from 20,000 to 100,000. R. Samaiya had listed 131 temples and the number of followers just under 20,000 in 1989. Majority of the followers reside in Madhya Pradesh and some in south Uttar Pradesh and northwest Maharashtra. The most important site is located in Malhargadh village in Guna district where Taran Svami spent his final years and where his last rites were performed. The shrine known as Nisaiji ("Honoured Memorial") is on the banks of the Betwa river. The three-days annual fair known as Phag Phulna ("Phag Flowering") is orhanised from

neg: History of Islam from notables of Mecca. In 618, after he lost protection with the death of his influential uncle Abu Talib, Muhammad migrated to the city of Yathrib (subsequently called Medina) where he was joined by his followers. Later generations would count this event, known as the hijra, as the start of the Islamic era. In Yathrib, where he was accepted as an arbitrator among the different communities of the city under the terms of the Constitution of Medina, Muhammad began to lay the foundations of the new Islamic society, with the help of new Quranic verses which provided guidance on matters

neg: Al-Ghadir Al-Ghadir Al Ghadir () (that is "The Ghadir in the Book, the Sunnah, and Literature") is a 20-volume book written by the Iranian Shia scholar Abd Al Husayn Amini. The main subject of this book is discussing Hadith of the pond of Khumm according to Sunni documents. In order to do so, Amini has gathered the narrations of 110 companions (Sahaba) as well as 40 followers of Muhammad about the event. He then states the related Hadiths narrated by 360 Hadit narrators between 2nd to 14th centuries of Islamic calendar. Since Sunni Muslims - unlike Shia Muslims - do not

neg: National Islamic Front of Afghanistan National Islamic Front of Afghanistan National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan, Mahaz-i Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan) is a political party in Afghanistan. It has been led, since its founding, by members of a prominent Sufi family, the Gailani. It is primarily (but not exclusively) a Pashtun party, followers of the Sufi holy man Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani have a reputation for moderate thought and the traditional mystical and introspective religious currents that characterize Sufism in that sect. The party was formed in 1979 in Peshawar, Pakistan, where Gailani had fled to following the rise to power of the

neg: Guran (Kurdish tribe) a Mede's tribe that called Gouranioi. The Guran tribe consist of 4 clans: Guran (Kurdish tribe) Guran (or Goran; ) is a Kurdish tribe. They live in some regions of Iranian Kurdistan like Hawraman and Dalahu near Iran-Iraqi border. Although the vast majority of Guran people follow Islam, some Gurans in Dalahou county in Kermanshah Province are very old followers of Sultan Sahak and Yarsanism religion. They speak Gurani dialect of Kurdish, a very similar to Hawrami dialects, a kind of Gorani language. The Kurdish Shahnameh has been written in Gurani dialect and is sacred to the followers of Yarsan.

neg: Guran (Kurdish tribe) Guran (Kurdish tribe) Guran (or Goran; ) is a Kurdish tribe. They live in some regions of Iranian Kurdistan like Hawraman and Dalahu near Iran-Iraqi border. Although the vast majority of Guran people follow Islam, some Gurans in Dalahou county in Kermanshah Province are very old followers of Sultan Sahak and Yarsanism religion. They speak Gurani dialect of Kurdish, a very similar to Hawrami dialects, a kind of Gorani language. The Kurdish Shahnameh has been written in Gurani dialect and is sacred to the followers of Yarsan. Strabon also mentions the western and northwestern tribes of Medes, He also mentioned

neg: Taiwanese indigenous peoples police platoon was slaughtered by Raho Ari's clan in 1915. A settlement holding 266 people called Tamaho was created by Raho Ari and his followers near the source of the Laonong River and attracted more Bunun rebels to their cause. Raho Ari and his followers captured bullets and guns and slew Japanese in repeated hit and run raids against Japanese police stations by infiltrating over the Japanese "guardline" of electrified fences and police stations as they pleased. The 1930 "New Flora and Silva, Volume 2" said of the mountain Aboriginals that the "majority of them live in a state of

neg: Islam in France infringe the public area. They practice prayer (salat), and most observe the fast of Ramadan and most do not eat pork while many do not drink wine. Some Muslims (the UOIF for example) request the recognition of an Islamic community in France (which remains to be built) with an official status. Two main organisations are recognized by the French Council of Muslim Faith (CFCM): the "Federation of the French Muslims" ("Fédération des musulmans de France") with a majority of Moroccan leaders, and the controversial "Union of Islamic Organisations of France" ("Union des organisations islamiques de France") (UOIF). In 2008, there

neg: Almajiri teachers and basic amenities like proper clothing and shelter. Most of the almajiri do not graduate and are left with the option to do menial jobs. Almajiri Almajiri is a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. Almajiri is gotten from an Arabic word "Al-Muhajirun" which can be translated to mean a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge. This system of education started in Nigeria in a town named Kanem-Borno, which had a majority of its rulers widely involved in Quranic literacy. More than 700 years later, the Sokoto caliphate was founded by a revolution

neg: Child marriage of marriage in civil law and observed frequency of child marriages breaks down in countries with Islam as the state religion. In Islamic nations, many countries do not allow child marriage of girls under their civil code of laws. But, the state recognized Sharia religious laws and courts in all these nations have the power to override the civil code, and often do. UNICEF reports that the top five nations in the world with highest observed child marriage rates – Niger (75%), Chad (72%), Mali (71%), Bangladesh (64%), Guinea (63%) – are Islamic majority countries. Higher ages are set by

neg: Islamic extremism in the 20th-century Egypt when twenty-three-year-old Mustafa joined the Muslim Brotherhood, and was arrested for distributing Muslim Brotherhood materials at Asyut University. Mustafa was sent to Tura prison originally, but was transferred to one of the concentration camps for the Islamic extremists where he encountered different readings of Qutb’s "Signposts", where the youth followers had split into several branches of thought. Mustafa joined the Qutbian group of Brothers that sought “complete physical and spiritual separation from the jahiliyya society.” This ideal was based on Muhammad’s hijra from Mecca to Medina, “whereby the Prophet removed his band of believers from the dangers and corruption of

neg: Intersex but provokes parental fear. In "Islam", scholars of Islamic jurisprudence have detailed discussions on the status and rights of intersex based on what mainly exhibits in their external sexual organs. Yet, modern Islamic jurisprudence scholars turn to medical screening to determine the dominance of their sex. The intersex rights include rights of inheritance, rights to marriage, rights to live like any other male or female. The rights are generally based on whether they are true hermaphrodites or pseudohermaphrodite. Scholars of Islamic jurisprudence generally consider their rights based on the majority of what appears from their external sexual organs. In "Judaism",

neg: One-state solution writing "Exactly where do Jews and Christians live in the Islamic World today side-by-side with equality? We don’t even live side-by-side with equality in the Palestinian Diaspora." On the aftermath of any hypothetical implementation of a one-state solution, Gershom Gorenberg wrote: "Palestinians will demand the return of property lost in 1948 and perhaps the rebuilding of destroyed villages. Except for the drawing of borders, virtually every question that bedevils Israeli–Palestinian peace negotiations will become a domestic problem setting the new political entity aflame... Two nationalities who have desperately sought a political frame for cultural and social independence would wrestle over

neg: Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad Ibn Arabi superiority in philosophy and spiritual insight, but he never followed him if he found him deviating from Sunnah. He used his knowledge of Islamic mysticism, Sufism and "Wahdt al Wujud" only for purely academic purposes and never allowed his devotees, followers and descendants to treat him as a Pir. Although, he was capable of creating a 'Khanqah', 'Darbar' a centre of Sufi mysticism, and though Shams-ud-Din Sialvi of Sial Sharif authorised him to do so,he did not created any 'Gadi' or 'Drabar', and also forbade his descendants to do this, as he was also a strong critic of

neg: Kadizadeli Kadizadeli A subsection of the Islamic faith, followers of Kadızade or the Kadızadelis and established themselves as a distinguished ideological influence as provincial and ideological rebels. Kadızade Mehmed and his followers were determined rivals of the Sufi movement. A seventeenth century religious movement inspired by Mehmed of Birgi and started by Kadızade Mehmed condemning many of the Ottoman practices that he felt were non-Islamic. Driven by zealous and fiery rhetoric, Kadızade Mehmed was able to inspire many followers to join in his cause and rid themselves of any and all corruption found inside of the Ottoman Empire. Between 1630 and

neg: Islamic flags an accompanying flagstaff, as it may not be immediately obvious which way around the flag is being depicted. In keeping with Islamic law, Muslim flags generally do not bear any representations of live creatures. Some Arab flags today bear the "Eagle of Saladin", originally introduced in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, as a symbol of Pan-Arabism. Islamic flags An Islamic flag is a flag either representing Islam, a concept or person related to Islam, or a state, military force or other entity associated with political Islam. The flags of contemporary Islamic states tend to use one or several of the

neg: Violence against LGBT people of God's creation, and is therefore a revolt against God. Though it must be noted that these views vary depending upon sect. It is noteworthy to point out that Quranists (those who do not integrate the aforementioned Hadiths into their belief system) do not advocate capital punishment. Some imams still preach their views, stating that homosexuals and "women who act like men" should be executed under the Islamic law. Abu Usamah at Green Lane Mosque in Birmingham defended his words to followers by saying "If I were to call homosexuals perverted, dirty, filthy dogs who should be executed, that's my

neg: Zaidiyyah Zaidiyyah Zaidiyyah or Zaidism ( "az-zaydiyya", adjective form Zaidi or Zaydi) is one of the Shia sects closest in terms of theology to the Ibadhi and Mutazila schools. Zaidiyyah emerged in the eighth century out of Shi'a Islam. Zaidis are named after Zayd ibn ʻAlī, the grandson of Husayn ibn ʻAlī and the son of their fourth Imam Ali ibn 'Husain. Followers of the Zaydi Islamic jurisprudence are called Zaydi and make up about 42% of Muslims in Yemen, with the vast majority of Shia Muslims in the country being Zaydi. The Zaydi madhab emerged in reverence of Zayd's failed

neg: Exorcism in Islam when using these objects in order to 'mask' their "shirk". However, God believes he has provided sufficient cures in executing an exorcism, therefore exorcists should not have to rely on methods involving "shirk". Additionally, individuals seeking exorcism should avoid magicians or soothsayers because these magical practices go against Islamic Law. A "hadith" recorded in states: "Seventy thousand people of my followers will enter Paradise without accounts, and they are those who do not practice Ar-Ruqya and do not see an evil omen in things, and put their trust in their Lord." Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, a scholar, commented on this "hadith",

neg: Ori (Stargate) television and the media, "mak[ing] people believe whatever the people in charge of that magic box – whatever they want you to believe they can pretty much convince you, or convince the vast majority of people." For Cooper, "the followers of the Ori were the interesting part", and he "wanted to do a story that was in some way reflective of the differences between people's beliefs that we see around us in our society, and how conflicts arise as a result of that." Cooper was particularly interested in the interaction between Ori followers and other normal human beings, the resulting

neg: Netherlands Antilles Sint Maarten, and a Roman Catholic majority in Bonaire, Curaçao and Saba. Curaçao also hosted a sizeable group of followers of the Jewish religion, descendants of a Portuguese group of Sephardic Jews that arrived from Amsterdam and Brazil from 1654. In 1982, there was a population of about 2,000 Muslims, with an Islamic association and a mosque in the capital. Most Netherlands Antilleans were Dutch citizens and this status permitted and encouraged the young and university-educated to emigrate to the Netherlands. This exodus was considered to be to the islands' detriment, as it created a brain drain. On the other

neg: Ivorians in the United Kingdom Ivoirian Muslims in the UK belong to the Mandinka and Mandé ethnic groups from the north and north west of Côte d'Ivoire. Amongst the more commonly visited mosques amongst the community are Brixton Mosque, Lewisham Mosque, Kent Islamic Centre and the Old Kent Road Nigerian Mosque - all of these are located in and around Greater London which reflects the spread of Ivoirians in the UK themselves. Despite Islam being a more followed religion in Côte d'Ivoire, the IOM has found evidence that within the UK's Ivoirian community, there are, in fact, larger followers of Christianity - the majority adhering

neg: Judas Iscariot be sent back to the earth, and descended and gathered his mother, disciples, and followers, and told them the truth of what happened. He then ascended back to the heavens, and will come back at the end of times as a just king. This Gospel is considered by the majority of Christians to be late and pseudepigraphical; however, some academics suggest that it may contain some remnants of an earlier apocryphal work (perhaps Gnostic, Ebionite or Diatessaronic), redacted to bring it more in line with Islamic doctrine. Some Muslims consider the surviving versions as transmitting a suppressed apostolic original. Some

neg: Islamism supported by the majority of contemporary Islamists. Others, Sayyid Qutb in particular, called for violence, and his followers are generally considered Islamic extremists, although Qutb denounced the killing of innocents. According to Robin Wright, Islamist movements have "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders". Following the Arab Spring, some Islamist currents became heavily involved in democratic politics, while others spawned "the most aggressive and ambitious Islamist militia" to date, ISIS. The term, which originally denoted the religion of Islam, first appeared in English as "Islamismus" in 1696,

neg: Food and drink prohibitions In Indonesia, due to its majority Islamic population, consuming dog meat is prohibited, with exception of Christian Batak and Minahasan ethnic groups that traditionally consumed dog meat. The Urapmin people of the New Guinea Highlands do not kill or eat dogs, unlike some neighboring tribes, nor do they let dogs breathe on their food. Jains abstain from eating eggs. Vegans also abstain from eggs, due to their animal origin. Many Hindu vegetarians also refrain from eating eggs. An egg that naturally contains a spot of blood may not be eaten under Jewish and Islamic tradition, but eggs without any blood

neg: Ecospirituality such as Fazlun Khalid, Yasin Dutton, Omar Vadillo, and Hashim Dockrat have drawn a correlation between the capitalist nature of the global economy to being un-Islamic and essentiality leading to ecological crisis. The issues of environmental degradation are especially important to Muslims as majority of Muslims live in developing countries where they see the effects of the ecological crisis on a daily basis. This has led to conferences discussing Islam and the environment to take place in Iran and Saudi Arabia as well as the introduction of environmental nongovernmental organizations. Buddhism has been around for hundreds of years, however with

neg: Dhahran الدوحه) Dana District (حي الدانة) and Aljamiah District (حي الجامعة), where Saudi Aramco gives home loans to Saudi employees to build their own homes. Dhahran is unique in a way that majority of the population live inside gated communities, whether built by Saudi Aramco, KFUPM or military. Dhahran is part of the Eastern Province, the largest province in Saudi Arabia. The province is governed by Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Just like the rest of the country, the law of Shari’a, or Islamic law is adhered to. Following the Saudi Arabian municipal elections in 2005, members of

neg: Arab Revolt competition for Arab nationalism. The vast majority of the Arabs living in the Ottoman Empire were primarily loyal to their own families, clans, and tribes and in terms of broader loyalties, saw themselves as Muslims rather than as Arabs, which in practical terms meant support for the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan also claimed to be the caliph. Traditional Islamic theory preaches the message that all Muslims, regardless of their ethnicity or race, should live together in the "Ummah", where usually been interpreted to mean one state, and for centuries Muslims living under Ottoman rule, whether they be Turks, Kurds, Arabs,

neg: Postcolonial anarchism anti-imperialists. ... So fight national oppression but look beyond nationalism. We can do a lot better. Changing the world for the better will be a hard struggle so we should make sure that we look for the best possible society to live in. We look forward to a world without borders, where the great majority of people have as much right to freely move about as the idle rich do today. A worldwide federation of free peoples - classless and stateless - where we produce to satisfy needs and all have control over our destinies - that's a goal worth

neg: Kanji Swami continue to live under the assumption that trying to understand the vast number of Jain scriptures will finally help them understand the path and way to meditate when the way and method to meditate lies right in front of them in the most crucial "nirjara gathas" of "Samaysaar". This has led to the one of the most comical situations where his followers blindly respect all the Jain Gods in a state of meditation but they do not themselves practice meditation to become like them. He is also criticised for not avoiding spread of propaganda to the self proclaimed visions "Champaben"

neg: Tate murders Krenwinkel to "that house where Melcher used to live" and told them to "totally destroy everyone in [it], as gruesome as you can". Manson had told the women to do as Watson would instruct them. Krenwinkel was one of the early Family members and had allegedly been picked up by Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys while hitchhiking. The occupants of the house at 10050 Cielo Drive that evening, all of whom were strangers to the Manson followers, were movie actress and fashion model Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski, who was eight and a half months pregnant;

neg: Madkhalism Kuwaitis and Yemenis. Madkhali also retains a national network of disciples to promote his work and monitor the activities of competitor clerics, and although Madkhalists are outnumbered by followers of Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage in Kuwait, they retain an extensive international network in the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia. Despite losing its audience in its country of origin, the movement had branched outward by the early 2010s, with Madkhalists gaining followers in western Kazakhstan, where the Government of Kazakhstan views them and other Islamists with suspicion. Regardless of these gains, Western analysts have still described the

neg: NPR the Washington D.C.-based NPR Digital Media, which focuses on NPR-branded services. NPR Digital Services would continue offering its services to public TV stations. The technical backbone of its digital news publishing system is Core Publisher, which was built on Drupal, an open-source content management system. NPR has been dubbed as "leveraging the Twitter generation" because of its adaptation of the popular microblogging service as one of its primary vehicles of information. Of NPR's Twitter followers, the majority (67%) still do listen to NPR on the radio. In a survey of more than 10,000 respondents, NPR found that its Twitter followers

neg: José Luis de Jesús to seek for justice" against the judge. Roberto Piñeiro died on December 9, 2010 of a stroke, much to the delight of Miranda's followers. After the death of José Luis de Jesús Miranda, the great majority of the followers did not want anything more to do with the sect, but some decided to remain united. However, because of the internal struggles for leadership and rival ambition of their leaders, after six months the group had already divided into four factions with different doctrinal positions and social agendas. As a result, it can be said that the sect really ended with

neg: Mohsen Vezvaei the victory of the Islamic Revolution he was a member of Jahad-e Sazandegi and went to Lorestan Province to serve. He was a member of Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, an Iranian student group that occupied the U.S. embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979. This occupation caused the hostage crisis where 52 American diplomats were held hostage for 444 days. He was the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line's translator and did interviews with foreign media. The following is a part of Zdf channel's interview with Vezvaei: We also are familiar with the laws and diplomatic

neg: Ardabil Ardabil and vicinity Located at the Meshkin Shahr gate is a market where farmers directly sell their produce to the public. One of the main sights in the city of Ardabil in north-west Iran is the shrine of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili, who died in 1334. The Shaykh was a Sufi leader, who trained his followers in Islamic mystic practices. After his death, his followers remained loyal to his family, who became increasingly powerful. In 1501, one of his descendants, Shah Isma'il, seized political power. He united Iran for the first time in several centuries and established the Shi'i form

neg: Pokimane so we not only keep each other company but we can also collab and actually do good work and content for everyone else." Pokimane Imane Anys (born 14 May 1996), better known by her alias Pokimane, is a Moroccan Canadian Twitch streamer, YouTube personality and gamer. Anys is best known for her live streams on the Twitch platform, where she showcases her gaming experiences—most notably with "League of Legends" and "Fortnite". Anys has streamed on Twitch since 2012. She gained 450,000 followers on Twitch in 2017, earning her account a place within the 100 most followed on the platform. As

neg: Mansour al-Nogaidan highlighted the dispute between the Hadith School "rigid followers of Prophet Mohammed preaching" and the Aqel school "followers of more flexible interpretation of Prophet Mohammed preaching" in the early period of Islamic civilization. The article lead to al-Nogaidan's exclusion by the Wahhabi scholars and abandonment by his colleagues and the comrades in his path. In December 2002, al-Nogaidan gave a cyber-interview at an Islamic forum on the Internet that gained wide publicity because of its bold ideas and harsh criticism of Islamic extremists. The thoughts and arguments against the classical concept of Wahabbism raised concern among clerics of Saudi Arabia;