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  2. Shia Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islam by country Sunnī Shia Ibadi Map of the Muslim world's schools of jurisprudence [90] Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [91] It is estimated that either 10–20% [92] or 10–13% [93] [94] [95] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [94]

  3. Islam in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American views of Islam were influenced by favorable Enlightenment writings from Europe, as well as Europeans who had long warned that Islam was a threat to Christianity and republicanism. [ 54 ] In 1776, John Adams published " Thoughts on Government ", in which he mentions the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a "sober inquirer after truth ...

  4. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    A shaitan or shaytan (Arabic: شَيْطَان, romanized: shayṭān; pl.: شَيَاطِين shayāṭīn; Hebrew: שָׂטָן; Turkish: Şeytan or Semum, lit. 'devil', 'demon', or 'satan') is an evil spirit in Islam, inciting humans and jinn to sin by whispering (وَسْوَسَة, waswasa) in their hearts (قَلْب qalb).

  5. Joseph in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Joseph at Zuleikha's party. Decorated tiles in the Takyeh Moaven-ol-Molk in Kermanshah, Iran. The story of Joseph in the Qurʾān is a continuous narrative in its twelfth chapter, named Surah Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف‎ سُورَة, lit.

  6. Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University - Wikipedia

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    The new university's overarching goal is to establish itself as a hub for the expansion of Islam in the area. [3] Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) was founded on 1 January 2007. In August of 2007, UNISSA welcomed its inaugural class of students. 27 doctoral students and 125 undergraduate students were accepted. When UNISSA first ...

  7. Multimedia Messaging Service - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from a mobile phone over a cellular network. Users and providers may refer to such a message as a PXT , a picture message , or a multimedia message . [ 1 ]

  8. Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 - Wikipedia

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    The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Malay: Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998) is an Act of the Parliament of Malaysia. It was enacted to provide for and to ...

  9. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.