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  2. Indulgence - Wikipedia

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    By the late Middle Ages, indulgences were used to support charities for the public good, including hospitals. [8] However, the abuse of indulgences, mainly through commercialization, had become a serious problem which the church recognized but was unable to restrain effectively. [9]

  3. Islam and children - Wikipedia

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    The topic of Islam and children includes Islamic principles of child development, the rights of children in Islam, the duties of children towards their parents, and the rights of parents over their children, both biological and foster children. Islam identifies three distinct stages of child development, each lasting 7 years, from age 0-21.

  4. Religious persecution - Wikipedia

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    Most Zoroastrians were forced to convert to Islam due to the systematic abuse and discrimination which was inflicted upon them by followers of Islam. Once a Zoroastrian family was forced to convert to Islam , the children were sent to an Islamic school , where they were required to learn Arabic and study the teachings of Islam, as a result ...

  5. Morality in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Terms associated with right-doing in Islam include: Akhlaq (Arabic: أخلاق) is the practice of virtue, morality and manners in Islamic theology and falsafah ().The science of ethics (`Ilm al-Akhlaq) teaches that through practice and conscious effort man can surpass their natural dispositions and natural state to become more ethical and well mannered.

  6. Crusading movement - Wikipedia

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    The key points were the victims of papal aggression, the sale of indulgences, abuses in the church, corruption, and conflicts at home. [ 147 ] Age of Enlightenment philosophers and historians such as David Hume , Voltaire and Edward Gibbon used crusading as a conceptual tool to critique religion, civilization and cultural mores.

  7. Enjoining good and forbidding wrong - Wikipedia

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    This did not stop political rebels in the early centuries of Islam from using forbidding wrong as their slogan, according to Cook. Examples were "found among the Kharijites, including the Ibadis, among the Shi'ites, including Zaydis, and among the Sunnis, especially the Malikis.

  8. Buy your way to Heaven! The Catholic Church brings back ...

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    The Catholic Church had technically banned the practice of selling indulgences as long ago as 1567. As the Times points out, a monetary donation wouldn't go amiss toward earning an indulgence. It ...

  9. Islamic views on sin - Wikipedia

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    A number of different words for sin are used in the Islamic tradition. According to A. J. Wensinck's entry on the topic in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Islamic terms for sin include dhanb and khaṭīʾa, which are synonymous and refer to intentional sins; khiṭʾ, which means simply a sin; and ithm, which is used for grave sins.