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  2. Taqiyya - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, Taqiyya ( Arabic: تقیة, romanized : taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [ 1][ 2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [ 1][ 3][ 4][ 5] Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs. Hiding one's beliefs in non-Muslim nations has been practiced since the early ...

  3. Deception - Wikipedia

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    Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the message has a tendency to believe it (although it's not always the case). [ 1] It is often done for personal gain or advantage. [ 2][ 3] Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda ...

  4. Apatite - Wikipedia

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    Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite and chlorapatite, with high concentrations of OH −, F − and Cl − ion, respectively, in the crystal. The formula of the admixture of the three most common endmembers is written as Ca 10 ( PO 4) 6 (OH,F,Cl) 2, and the crystal unit cell formulae of the individual ...

  5. Gharar - Wikipedia

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    Gharar ( Arabic: غرر) literally means uncertainty, hazard, chance or risk. [1] It is a negative element in mu'amalat fiqh (transactional Islamic jurisprudence), like riba ( usury) and maysir (gambling). [2] One Islamic dictionary ( A Concise Dictionary of Islamic Terms) describes it as "the sale of what is not present" — such as fish not ...

  6. Urdu Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. As of 5 August 2024, it has 208,655 articles, 182,892 registered users and 12,648 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over 150,000 articles.

  7. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.

  8. Names of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Urdu – قدس, Quds, قدس شریف, Quds Śarīf or یروشلم, Yaroślam; Bayt al-Maqdis or Bayt al-Muqaddas is a less commonly used Arabic name for Jerusalem though it appeared more commonly in early Islamic sources.

  9. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...