theocratic state
91Nubia — • A detailed history of Nubia, with emphasis on the religious aspects (primarily Christian and Catholic) of its culture Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nubia Nubia …
92Namasudra (Namassej) — is the name of a Hindu community originally from certain regions of Bengal, India. They were traditionally engaged in cultivation and as boatmen but lived outside the four tier ritual varna system. They are the major founder clan of the Matua… …
93Chechnya, Republic of — An ethnic republic of the Russian Federation. The Chechen Republic covers an area of 15,300 square kilometers, and has an estimated population of 1.1 million. Of this population, 93 percent are Chechens; ethnic Russians are 4 percent of the… …
94Buddhism — A salvation religion, founded in north India in the fifth centuryBCE (the exact dates are the subject of scholarly controversy) by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (meaning Enlightened One). Buddhists may be defined as those who revere the …
95HUNG HSIU-CH'AN — (1812 1864) influenced by CHRISTIANITY he joined the Society of God and in 1836 announced that he was a younger brother of JESUS CHRIST. In 1850 he began the T ai P ing rebellion to establish a theocratic State and destroy the opium trade. He… …
96Barghwata — One of the strong historic Berber confederations of tribes in Morocco, a member of the Masmuda confederation. They lived in the area of Tamasna on the Atlantic coast between Salé and Safi. In the middle of the eighth century, they built up a… …
97Muslim Brothers, Society of the — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al Banna (1906 49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state. Also called Muslim Brotherhood. [trans. of Ar al… …
98Sha|ri'|a — Sha|ri |ah or Sha|ri |a «shuh REE uh», noun. the religious law of the Muslims, consisting of the Qur an and the traditional sayings of Muhammad: »They urge the enforcement of a modified Shari ah law and propagate the principle of a theocratic… …
99Sha|ri'|ah — or Sha|ri |a «shuh REE uh», noun. the religious law of the Muslims, consisting of the Qur an and the traditional sayings of Muhammad: »They urge the enforcement of a modified Shari ah law and propagate the principle of a theocratic state… …
100the´o|crat´i|cal|ly — the|o|crat|ic «THEE uh KRAT ihk», adjective. 1. of, having to do with, or of the nature of theocracy. 2. having a theocracy: »a theocratic state. –the´o|crat´i|cal|ly, adverb …
