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  2. Reverential capitalization - Wikipedia

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    In the 17th and 18th centuries, it became common to capitalize all nouns, as is still done in some other Germanic languages, including German. In languages that capitalize all nouns, reverential capitalization of the first two letters or the whole word can sometimes be seen. The following is an example in Danish, which capitalized nouns until 1948.

  3. Capitonym - Wikipedia

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    The word "god" is capitalized to "God" when referring to the single deity of monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, and common to capitalize pronouns related to God (He, Him, His, etc.) as well; [3] [4] this practice is followed by many versions of the Bible, such as the NKJV.

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles - Wikipedia

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    Arabic terms should be translated into standard English wherever possible without compromising the meaning of the text. For example, "Allah" should be translated as "God". However, there are cases when translation is discouraged when it would risk obscuring the special meaning of this term as used in Islamic literature.

  5. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles/Prophet

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    However, saint and apostle are terms that are unique to Christianity and thus it is implied when we say Saint Paul that we're talking about Christian Saint Paul or Paul, saint of Christianity. However, prophet is a term that can refer to a divine figure of almost any religion. Thus, to say Prophet Muhammad without mentioning Islam, to some ...

  6. Religious denomination - Wikipedia

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    A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the various Christian denominations (for example, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and the many varieties of Protestantism).

  7. List of Christian terms in Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Although Islam is the dominant religion among Arabs, there are a significant number of Arab Christians in regions that were formerly Christian, such as much of the Byzantine empire's lands in the Middle East, so that there are over twenty million Arab Christians living around the world. (Significant populations in Egypt, Lebanon, Brazil, Mexico ...

  8. Christianity and Islam - Wikipedia

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    Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with approximately 2.3 billion and 1.8 billion adherents, respectively. [1] Both religions are Abrahamic and monotheistic , having originated in the Middle East .

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Capital letters

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    Do not capitalize terms denoting types of religious or mythical beings, such as angel, fairy, or deva. The personal names of individual beings are capitalized as normal ( the archangel Gabriel ). An exception to the general rule is made when such terms are used to denote races and the like in speculative fiction , in which case they are ...