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  2. Migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where the first followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (they were known as the Sahabah, or the companions) migrated from Arabia due to their persecution by ...

  3. Invisible hand - Wikipedia

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    This passage concerns the distribution of wealth: the poor receive the "necessities of life" after the rich have gratified "their own vain and insatiable desires". It has been noted that in this passage Smith seems to equate the invisible hand to " Providence ", implying a divine plan.

  4. Unseen examination - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, an unseen examination is an essay test in school or college, where the student does not know what questions are going to be asked in advance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The student is required to answer questions based upon what they have learned over the course of their academic study.

  5. Egypt's President Sisi to stay away from White House if Gaza ...

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    CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not travel to Washington for talks at the White House as long as the agenda includes U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to displace ...

  6. Great Bengal famine of 1770 - Wikipedia

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    [11] [17] [5] [1] [18] [19] [20] The loss to cultivation was estimated to be a third of the total cultivation. [21] [22] Some scholars consider these numbers to be exaggerated in large part because reliable demographic information had been lacking in 1770. [23] [24] Even so, the famine devastated traditional ways of life in the affected regions.

  7. Book of Esther - Wikipedia

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    The Nova Vulgata accounts for the additional verses by numbering them as extensions of the verses immediately following or preceding them (e.g., Esther 11:2–12 in the old Vulgate becomes Esther 1:1a–1k in the Nova Vulgata), while the NAB and its successor, the NABRE, assign letters of the alphabet as chapter headings for the additions (e.g ...

  8. Islamic attitudes towards science - Wikipedia

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    A passage in the Quran encourages congruency with the truth attained by modern science: "hence they should be both in agreement and concordant with the findings of modern science". [43] This passage was used more often during the time where "modern science" was full of different discoveries.

  9. Pramana - Wikipedia

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    Hinduism identifies six pramanas as correct means of accurate knowledge and to truths: Pratyakṣa (evidence/ perception), Anumāna (inference), Upamāna (comparison and analogy), Arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), Anupalabdhi (non-perception, negative/cognitive proof) and Śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts).