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21Islam in New Zealand — has grown with inward immigration to that country. HistoryThe first Muslims in New Zealand were Chinese golddiggers working in the Dunstan gold fields of Otago in the 1870s. In the early 1900s three important Gujarati Muslim families came from… …
22Islam in Armenia — has generally been avoided throughout the centuries. During the Arabic invasion, Islam came to the Armenians however, most Armenians never converted to Islam. The story was similar in the Ottoman Empire.During 1988 1991 the overwhelming majority… …
23Islam and antisemitism — Part of a series on Criticism of Islam Issues Antisemitism  …
24Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… …
25Islam in Iran — The Islamic conquest of Persia (637 651) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great… …
26convert — I n. 1) to gain a convert 2) a convert to (a convert to Buddhism) II v. 1) (AE) (D; intr.) ( to change one s religion ) to convert from; to (they converted from Buddhism to Hinduism) 2) (D; intr., tr.) ( to change ); ( to change smb. s religion ) …
27Islam and other religions — Over the centuries of Islamic history, Muslim rulers, Islamic scholars, and ordinary Muslims have held many different attitudes towards other religions. Attitudes have varied according to time, place and circumstance. Non Muslims under IslamNon… …
28Islam in the African diaspora — For centuries, Islam has spread through the African diaspora. While many in the diaspora adhere to more traditional forms of the religion such as Shia and Sunni Islam, there are a number of Islamic organizations that are unique to the African… …
29Islam in Japan — The history of Islam in Japan is relatively brief in relation to the religion s longstanding presence in other countries around the world.There are few and isolated records of contact between Islam and Japan before the opening of the country in… …
30convert — ♦♦♦ converts, converting, converted (The verb is pronounced [[t]kənvɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱nvɜː(r)t[/t]].) 1) V ERG If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form. [be V ed into/to n]… …
