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  • 1RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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  • 2Religious freedom in Sudan — The Muslim nation of Sudan has a constitution which provides for freedom of religion; however, in practice the government of Sudan severely restricts this right. The Government treats Islam as the state religion and has declared that it must… …

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  • 3Religious Toleration —     Religious Toleration     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Toleration     Toleration in general signifies patient forbearance in the presence of an evil which one is unable or unwilling to prevent. By religious toleration is understood the… …

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  • 4Religious Life — • Overview and evangelical ideas on what makes up religious life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religious Life     Religious Life      …

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  • 5Religious Indifferentism —     Religious Indifferentism     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Indifferentism     The term given, in general, to all those theories, which, for one reason or another, deny that it is the duty of man to worship God by believing and… …

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  • 6Religious antisemitism — is a form of antisemitism, which is the prejudice against, or hostility toward, the Jewish people based on hostility to Judaism and to Jews as a religious group. [See, for example: * Anti Semitism , Encyclopaedia Britannica , 2006. *Johnson, Paul …

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  • 7Religious belief — refers to a mental state in which trust (faith) is placed in a creed related to the supernatural, sacred, or divine. Such a state may relate to: 1) the existence, characteristics and worship of a deity or deities, 2) divine intervention in the… …

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  • 8Religious Dower —     Religious Dower     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Dower     (Lat. dos religiosa).     Because of its analogy with the dower that a woman brings to her husband when she marries, the name religious dower has been given to the sum of money …

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  • 9Religious of the Virgin Mary — The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary is a community of vowed religious women of pontifical right founded in Manila, Philippines in 1684 by Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo a Filipina. The post nominal initials of a member of the… …

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  • 10Religious affiliations of United States Presidents — The religious affiliations of Presidents of the United States can affect their electability, shape their visions of society and how they want to lead it, and shape their stances on policy matters. Thomas Jefferson, [cite web… …

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