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  2. Superstition in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Superstition in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [1] [2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. [3]

  3. Spirit possession and exorcism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    It is believed that a satanic spirit would refuse to curse their father and can be identified as a devil, much tougher to manage. [36] If the jinni is willing to negotiate, some healers make attempts to convince them to convert to Islam. [35] Some traditions request aid from good jinn (muwakkal) to negotiate with the possessing spirit. [3] [37]

  4. Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura - Wikipedia

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    Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura" (English: The Parliament of Satan) is an Urdu poem written by Muhammad Iqbal in 1936. It describes the meeting of the Devil and his advisers, and they discuss the current situation of the world. It was described as "a scathing criticism of the major socio-political and economic systems offered by the West." [1]

  5. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    Ritual purity is said to attract angels and fend off shayāṭīn, while shayāṭīn are attracted to impurity, filthy, and desacralized places. [26] Before reciting the Quran, Muslims should take wudu/abdest and seek refuge in God from the shayāṭīn. [16] (p279) Reciting specific prayers [c] is further believed to protect against the ...

  6. Pakistan Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan. It was originally prepared by Lord Macaulay with a great consultation in 1860 on behalf of the Government of British India as the Indian Penal Code .

  7. To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big ... - AOL

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    The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists. Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began ...

  8. Enjoining good and forbidding wrong - Wikipedia

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    In today's religious expression, maʿrūf is best translated as sunnah [14] [15] and munkar as bid’a. (a related topic: Istihsan ) Depending on the translation from the Quran, the phrase may also be translated as commanding what is just and forbidding what is evil , [ 3 ] commanding right and forbidding wrong , [ 16 ] and other combinations ...

  9. Archdemon - Wikipedia

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    Based upon the writings of Saint Paul (Col. 1:16; Eph. 1:21) the angelic court had been constructed by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and comprised nine orders of angels with three orders each to three hierarchies. The first hierarchy consists of seraphim, cherubim and thrones. The second hierarchy consists of dominations, virtues and powers.