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  2. Jahiliyyah - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of jahiliyyah experiences a similar evolution in exegeses of the Quran as they do in Arabic dictionaries. In the eighth-century commentary by Muqatil ibn Sulayman, the jahiliyyah describes the recent pre-Islamic past instead of pre-Islamic times in its entirety. In the commentaries of Al-Tabari, the word describes a period between ...

  3. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    The drafting history of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; American Women's History: A Research Guide Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Clothing and Fashion; All Sewn Up: Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing and Costume; Gallery of English Medieval Clothing from 1906 by Dion Clayton Calthrop

  4. Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

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    The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) [1] is a non-governmental privately held national-level [2] [3] board of school education in India that conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination for Class X and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) for Class XII. [4]

  5. Women in pre-Islamic Arabia - Wikipedia

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    There is very scarce information regarding women in pre-Islamic Arabia.Most of it originates from Hadith and historical traditions, pre-Islamic poetry, and early biographical accounts, or from conclusions from Qur'anic statements, which can be biased, as Islamic sources describe pre-Islamic Arabia as "Jahiliyyah" Meaning age of ignorance.

  6. Category:History of clothing - Wikipedia

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    The history of clothing encompasses the clothes worn in various places at various times and the methods by which those clothes were made or acquired. Subcategories organized by date: Category:African clothing covers Clothing worn in north Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, from paleolithic to the pre-modern era; Category:History of Oceanian ...

  7. Origins of ecclesiastical vestments - Wikipedia

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    Britain, converted by a Roman mission, had adopted the Roman use, and English missionaries had carried this into the newly Christianized parts of Germany, but the great Churches of Spain and Gaul preserved their own traditions in vestments as in other matters. From the 9th century onwards, however, this was changed, and everywhere in the West ...

  8. Ahl al-Fatrah - Wikipedia

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    The periods of Fatrah and Jahiliyyah are fairly similar in Islam, although there are some minor differences. Generally speaking, the former concept refers to those whom the message of God was not or could not be transmitted, typically due to the inconvenience of time or location.

  9. Takshita - Wikipedia

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    The takshita is composed of two pieces, a dress as a first layer called tahtiya, often of fine but not ornately decorated fabric, and a more elaborate second layer or over-dress that often buttons up the front using the traditional sfifa and akaad closures and it is called dfina.