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  2. Emirates Islamic - Wikipedia

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    www .emiratesislamic .ae. Emirates Islamic (Formerly known as Emirates Islamic Bank) is one of the four Islamic banks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] The bank was established in 2004 to deliver banking services in line with Shari'a principles. It offers products designed for individuals and small businesses as well as large corporations.

  3. Religion in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism (3.2%) Agnosticism (1.3%) Others (1.9%) Islam is the majority and official religion in the United Arab Emirates, professed by 74.5% of the population as of 2020. 63.3% are Sunni, 6.7% are Shia, while 4.4% follow another branch of Islam. [1] The Al Nahyan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to the Maliki school of jurisprudence.

  4. Emirate - Wikipedia

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    Monarchy. An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, [1] a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a caliphate. [2] It can be considered equivalent to a principality in non-Muslim contexts. Currently in the world, there are two ...

  5. Islam in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Islam is the official religion of the United Arab Emirates. Of the total population, 76.9% are Muslims as of a 2010 estimate by the Pew Research Center. Although no official statistics are available for the breakdown between Sunni and Shia Muslims among noncitizen residents, media estimates suggest less than 20 percent of the noncitizen Muslim ...

  6. Caucasus Emirate - Wikipedia

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    The Caucasus Emirate (Chechen: Имарат Кавказ, ИК, romanized: Imarat Kavkaz, IK; Russian: Кавказский эмират, romanized: Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of Syria and previously in the North Caucasus region of Russia.

  7. Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates provides for freedom of religion by established customs, and the government generally respects this right in practice; however, there are some restrictions (e.g. attempts to spread Christianity among Muslims are not permitted). The federal Constitution declares that Islam is the official religion of ...

  8. The Islamic Emirate and its System - Wikipedia

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    312. The Islamic Emirate and its System ( Arabic: الإمارة الإسلامية ومنظومتها, al-Imarat al-Islamiat wa-Manzumatuha) is a book and manifesto published by Abdul Haqim Ishaqzai, the Chief Justice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The book is a manifesto of the Islamic Movement of Taliban describing how to establish ...

  9. United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    امارات. United Arab Emirates portal. The United Arab Emirates [b] ( UAE ), or simply the Emirates, [c] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, it shares borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia; as well as maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran.