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Inter-religious. v. t. e. In Islamic tradition the two kiraman katibin ( Arabic: كراماً كاتبين ‘honourable scribe’) are two angels called Raqib and Atid, believed by Muslims to record a person's actions. Whether a person is sent to Jannah ( paradise) or Jahannam ( hell) is not, however, dependent on whether good deeds outweigh ...
Wikipedia founders Jimmy Wales (left) and Larry Sanger (right) Various collaborative online encyclopedias were attempted before the start of Wikipedia, but with limited success. [19] Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia, a free online English-language encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed ...
The left–right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies and parties, with emphasis placed upon issues of social equality and social hierarchy. In addition to positions on the left and on the right, there are centrist and moderate positions, which are not strongly aligned with either end of the spectrum.
The Jordan River is on the right, and the Mediterranean Sea is on the left. From the river to the sea ( Arabic: من النهر إلى البحر, romanized : min an-nahr ʾilā l-baḥr; Palestinian Arabic: من المية للمية, romanized: min il-ṃayye la-l-ṃayye, lit. 'from the water to the water') [1] [2] is a political phrase that ...
Chicane. A chicane ( / ʃɪˈkeɪn /) is a serpentine curve in a road, added by design rather than dictated by geography. Chicanes add extra turns and are used both in motor racing and on roads and streets to slow traffic for safety. For example, one form of chicane is a short, shallow S-shaped turn that requires the driver to turn slightly ...
Ghayrah. Ghayrah ( Arabic: غَيْرَة; sometimes transliterated as ghayra, ghira, gheerah or gheera) is an Arabic word that encompasses the concept of a person's dislike or displeasure over someone else sharing a right or privilege that belongs to them. It carries a sense of earnest concern or zeal and can be seen as a form of protective ...
Audi alteram partem (or audiatur et altera pars) is a Latin phrase meaning "listen to the other side", or "let the other side be heard as well". [1] It is the principle that no person should be judged without a fair hearing in which each party is given the opportunity to respond to the evidence against them. [2]
Hindi and Urdu continued to diverge both linguistically and culturally. Linguistically, Hindi continued drawing words from Sanskrit, and Urdu from Persian, Arabic and Chagatai. Culturally Urdu came to be identified with Muslims and Hindi with Hindus.