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Al-Salam SC, several sports teams; Salaam TV, independent satellite television channel; Salaam Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Bosaso, Somalia; Salaam Somali Bank, commercial bank headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia
salamu alaykum written in the Thuluth style of Arabic calligraphy. As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, as-salāmu ʿalaykum, Arabic: [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ⓘ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'.
The use of the greeting differs when interacting with non-Muslims such as people of the book (ahlul kitab). Some scholars are divided on the issue. Most believe that when greeted by non-Muslims, Muslims can only respond by stating "wa ʿalaykum" ("and upon you") instead of the longer version, while others suggest replying with a salam.
all varieties of knowledge, usually a synonym for science ʾImām (إمام) literally, leader; e.g. a man who leads a community or leads the prayer; the Shi'a sect use the term only as a title for one of the twelve Allah-appointed successors of Muhammad. ʾImāmah (إمامة) or imamate successorship of Muhammad and the leadership of mankind.
An exonerated member of the "Central Park Five," Yusef Salaam declared victory Wednesday in a Democratic primary race for a New York City Council seat in Harlem. The activist, 49, a father of 10 ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
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Bagua (concept): (Chinese: 八卦; pinyin: bā guà; Wade–Giles: pa kua; lit. 'eight trigrams', Korean 한국어: 팔괘) An ancient Chinese philosophical concept, the bagua is an octagonal diagram with eight trigrams on each side.