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  2. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The representation of living beings in Islamic art is not just a modern phenomenon and examples are found from the earliest periods of Islamic history. Frescos and reliefs of humans and animals adorned palaces of the Umayyad era, as on the famous Mshatta Facade now in Berlin. [11] [12] The ‘Abbasid Palaces at Samarra also contained figurative ...

  3. Al-Jahiz - Wikipedia

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    The actual name of al-Jahiz was Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Bahr ibn Maḥbūb. His grandfather, Maḥbūb, was a protégé or mawali of ‘Amr ibn Qal‘ al-Kinānī, who was from Arab Banu Kinanah tribe. [n 1] Not much is known about al-Jāḥiẓ's early life, but his family was very poor. Born in Basra early in 160/February 776, he asserted in ...

  4. Animals in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Instead, they could cross the entire gamut in terms of art and culture. There is a multitude of usage and meanings in the depiction of animals in Islamic art. The context could range from political, religious, decorative, etc. These animal representations in the Islamic are not static and tell countless stories.

  5. Animal rights - Wikipedia

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    For some the basis of animal rights is in religion or animal worship (or in general nature worship), with some religions banning killing any animal. In other religions animals are considered unclean. Hindu and Buddhist societies abandoned animal sacrifice and embraced vegetarianism from the 3rd century BCE. [32]

  6. Qurban (Islamic ritual sacrifice) - Wikipedia

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    e. Qurbāni (Arabic: قربان) or uḍḥiyah (Arabic: أضحية, lit. 'sacrificial animal') as referred to in Islamic law, is a ritual animal sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The concept and definition of the word is derived from the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Muslims, and is the analog of qorban in ...

  7. Ahimsa - Wikipedia

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    It is a key virtue in Indian religions like Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] Ahimsa is one of the cardinal virtues [ 2 ] of Jainism, where it is the first of the Pancha Mahavrata. It is also one of the central precepts of Hinduism and is the first of the five precepts of Buddhism.

  8. Hunting - Wikipedia

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    Bushmen bowhunting for bushmeat in Botswana. Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. [10] The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for ...

  9. Arabian oryx - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, the Arabian oryx was classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, and in 2011, it was the first animal to revert to vulnerable status after previously being listed as extinct in the wild. It is listed in CITES Appendix I. In 2016, populations were estimated at 1,220 individuals in the wild, including 850 mature individuals, and 6,000 ...