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  • 31Dschihad — Der Begriff Dschihad [dʒiˈhaːd] (arabisch ‏جهاد‎ Dschihād, DMG Ǧihād ‚Anstrengung, Kampf, Bemühung, Einsatz‘; auch Djihad oder gelegentlich in der englischen Schreibweise Jihad) bezeichnet im religiösen Sinne ein wichtiges Konzept… …

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  • 32stick — stick1 stickless, adj. sticklike, adj. /stik/, n., v., sticked, sticking. n. 1. a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. 2. a relatively long and slender piece of wood. 3. a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in… …

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  • 33eastern Africa, history of — Introduction       history of the area from ancient times through the 20th century. East Africa The coast until 1856       The earliest written accounts of the East African coast occur in the Periplus Maris Erythraei apparently written by a Greek …

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  • 34stick — I. /stɪk / (say stik) noun 1. a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub cut or broken off. 2. a relatively long and slender piece of wood. 3. an elongated piece of wood for burning, for carpentry, or for any special purpose. 4. a rod or wand; a baton …

  • 35Sawing a woman in half — is a generic name for a number of different stage magic tricks in which a person (traditionally a female assistant) is apparently sawn or divided into two or more pieces. Contents 1 History 2 Effects and variations 2.1 The Selbit sawing …

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  • 36Techno — Infobox Music genre name = Techno bgcolor = silver color = black stylistic origins = Electro Industrial Funk Synthpop Chicago house cultural origins = mid 1980s, Detroit, US instruments = Synthesizer Drum machine Sequencer Sampler popularity =… …

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  • 37Bookbinding — A traditional bookbinder at work Old bookbindings …

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  • 38Adam and Eve — For other uses, see Adam and Eve (disambiguation). Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם‎, ʼĀḏām, dust; man; mankind ; Arabic: آدم‎ …

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  • 39Kulturkampf — • The name given to the political struggle for the rights and self government of the Catholic Church, carried out chiefly in Prussia and afterwards in Baden, Hesse, and Bavaria Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Kulturkampf      …

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  • 40FASTING AND FAST DAYS — FASTING AND FAST DAYS, the precept (or custom) of refraining from eating and drinking. In the Bible Although the origins of the ritual of fasting are obscure, several current theories claim that it originated as (1) a spiritual preparation for… …

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