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HAMKA (1908-1981), acronym of Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, Indonesian religious scholar and the most prolific of modern Indonesian Islamic writers. Hamka was born in […]

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HAMDARD FOUNDATION

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HAMDARD FOUNDATION. The name Hamdard or “companion in pain” was given by Hakim `Abdulmajid to the herb shop he established in Delhi in 19o6. The […]

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HAMAS

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HAMAS. The organization Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah (Movement of Islamic Resistance), the most important Palestinian Islamist organization in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, is […]

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HALAL

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HALAL, The Qur’anic term halal denotes that which is lawful or allowed. The word can refer generally in Muslim practice to that which is proper […]

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HAKIMIYAH

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HAKIMIYAH. See Islamic State.

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HAKIM, MUHSIN AL

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HAKIM, MUHSIN AL- (1889-1970), most widely followed ShN mujtahid (interpreter of Islamic law) of the 1960s. Sayyid al-Hakim was born in Najaf, Iraq, into the […]

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HAJJ

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HAJJ. Unique among the world’s great pilgrimages, the hajj is in many ways also the most important. Even compared to the ancient and highly developed […]