Let me offer a concise definition: it is a feminist discourse and practice articulated within an Islamic paradigm. Islamic feminism, which derives its understanding and mandate from the Qur'an, seeks rights and justice for women, and for men, in the totality of their existence. Islamic feminism...
I also remember being compared with the musician Jimmy Page (70s band Lead Zeppelin) who called himself ZoSo.As for the umlauts, I always used them as a child but as an adult it just became too difficult and complex to explain or write on a form and, as people say, the accent is ...
Not to discourage new believers, but it takes decades of intense study of Scriptures to get any good at it (which isn't required for salvation, we should hastily add; Scripture Theory is only for some). And that's why in Judaism, boys from a very early age were strenuously instructed ...
32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of Yahweh, that those who practice such things deserve death, not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them. Yahweh blames the false religious leaders, the preachers who are the instruments of Satan, for this wor...
The world is full of people who are too busy being Christian to be Christ-like, or too busy being Muslim to practice Islam. But as soon as people claim God for themselves and deny others their equal access, people are worshipping a tribal deity; an idol after their own image. People ...
For many years in Australia this name was associated with gossipy old Esme Watson fromA Country Practice, but it has been given a new lease of life. It’s a vintage name that feels contemporary and stylish, and by now its masculine origins are long past, although not forgotten. It’s ...
The name Yahweh later ceased to be used by the Jews for two somewhat contradictory reasons. As Judaism began to become a universal religion,the proper name Yahweh tended to be replaced by the common noun Elohim, meaning “God,” which could apply to foreign deitiesand therefore could be used...
A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively. naze noun (n.) A promotory or headland. nazirite ...
nazaritenoun(n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively. ...
Traders often create shrines and temples of their religions wherever they go so that they will be able to practice their religion even when far from home. Kublai Khan, the leader of the Mongol Empire who controlled the Silk Road, preferred Buddhism. Christianity and Judaism were spread to some...