The Religions Book

279 See also: Preparing for the afterlife 58–59 ■ The promise of a new age 178–81 ■ Jesus’s message to the world 204–207 A ccord ...

280 GOD IS UNEQUALED I slam is a monotheistic religion and one of its central tenets is tawhid (literally “oneness”) —the doctri ...

ISLAM 281 shirk, which is the violation of tawhid. Literally meaning “to share,” the sin of shirk is committed when a partner is ...

282 I f shari‘a law is, for Muslims, an exterior pathway leading to the true worship of God, then Sufi mysticism is an interior ...

283 See also: The performance of ritual and repetition 158–59 ■ Zen insights that go beyond words 160–63 ■ Mystical experience i ...

284 THE LATTER DAYS HAVE BROUGHT FORTH A NEW PROPHET THE ORIGINS OF AHMADIYYA I n 1882, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad declared himself to b ...

285 The Qadiani belief in Ghulam Ahmad’s prophethood continues to incite strong feeling in orthodox Islam, even leading to occas ...

ISLAM MUST SHED THE INFLUENCE OF THE WEST THE RISE OF ISLAMIC REVIVALISM ...

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288 B y the end of the 18th century, the world’s great Muslim powers were in decline. The Ottoman and Mughal empires had lost po ...

289 Egyptian workers are searched by British soldiers during the Suez Crisis in 1956. Religious insensitivity and poor treatment ...

290 THE RISE OF ISLAMIC REVIVALISM Supporters of Mohamed Morsi, a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood, celebrate his elec ...

291 See also: Faith and the state 189 ■ Progressive Judaism 190–95 ■ The central professions of faith 262–69 O ne of the most si ...

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294 M ost of the world’s major religions evolved out of the ancient civilizations, with their foundations in the folk traditions ...

295 Consciousness movement, building a mythology around the Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, a country that Rastafarians cons ...

WE MUST LIVE AS SAINT-SOLDIERS THE SIKH CODE OF CONDUCT ...

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T he Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak, a devoutly spiritual man who became disillusioned with the Hinduism that had surro ...