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  2. Traditional Berber religion - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Berber religion is the sum of ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers.Originally, the Berbers seem to have believed in worship of the sun and moon, animism and in the afterlife, but interactions with the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans influenced religious practice and merged traditional faiths with new ones.

  3. Berbers - Wikipedia

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    This traditional religion emphasized ancestor veneration, polytheism, and animism. Many ancient Berber beliefs were developed locally. Whereas others were influenced over time through contact with other traditional African religions (such as the Ancient Egyptian religion), or borrowed during antiquity from the Punic religion, Judaism, Iberian ...

  4. Guanches - Wikipedia

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    Religious authority Jurisdiction Definition Guadameñe or Guañameñe: Tenerife spiritual advisers to the Menceyes (Aboriginal kings), who directed the worship. Faykan or Faicán Gran Canaria a spiritual and religious person in charge, who directed the worship. Maguadas or Arimaguadas Tenerife Gran Canaria women priestesses dedicated to worship.

  5. Berbers and Islam - Wikipedia

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    Between the 11th and 12th centuries, the Islamized Berber dynasty of the Almoravids (Lempta tribe) spread in western North Africa. They veiled their faces and were feared as skilled camel riders for their extremely quick robberies. They forced Islam on the people of Western Sahara, who were rooted in traditional religious traditions. [5]

  6. Animism - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Islamic Arab religion can refer to the traditional polytheistic, animist, and in some rare cases, shamanistic, religions of the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. The belief in jinn , invisible entities akin to spirits in the Western sense dominant in the Arab religious systems, hardly fit the description of Animism in a strict sense.

  7. Shilha people - Wikipedia

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    The Shilha people traditionally call themselves ishelhien.This endonym is rendered as les Chleuh in French. [7] The Ishelhien are also known as Shluh and Schlöh. [5] Among Arabic speakers, Chleuh serves as an appellation for Berbers generally, although Imazighen is the proper Berber self-name for Berbers as a whole.

  8. Folk religion - Wikipedia

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    Folk religion, traditional religion, or vernacular religion comprises, according to religious studies and folkloristics, various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion. The precise definition of folk religion varies among scholars. Sometimes also termed popular belief ...

  9. Barghawata - Wikipedia

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    The Barghawata kingdom practiced a distinctive form of Islam that blended elements from Sunni, Shi'a, and Kharijite traditions, combined with aspects of traditional Berber beliefs and customs. This syncretic religion included practices such as specific taboos, like abstaining from consuming eggs and chickens, and the belief in the baraka ...