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  2. Allah as a lunar deity - Wikipedia

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    Statue from Tel Hazor, used by Robert Morey to claim a link between Islam and lunar worship. [1] Scholars identify it as Canaanite, likely representing a priest or king, with no connection to Allah. [2] [3] [4] The argument that Allah (God in Islam) originated as a moon god first arose in 1901 in the scholarship of archaeologist Hugo Winckler.

  3. Satanism - Wikipedia

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    Theistic Satanism (also known as traditional Satanism, spiritual Satanism or Devil worship) is a form of Satanism with the primary belief that Satan is an actual deity or force to revere or worship. [ 11 ] [ 253 ] Other characteristics of theistic Satanism may include a belief in magic , which is manipulated through ritual , although that is ...

  4. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    The movie deals with questions regarding good and evil in Islamic thought. The shayṭān of the movie describes himself as a loyal servant of ʿAzāzīl (another name of Satan in Islamic tradition), whom he venerates as a deity after feeling forgotten by God. However, in accordance with the teachings of the Quran, Azazil turns out to be ...

  5. Azazil - Wikipedia

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    Azazil (Arabic: عزازيل ʿAzāzīl, Turkish: Azâzîl; also known as Arabic: حارث Ḥārith) is a figure in Islamic tradition, and believed to be the original name of Satan (Iblīs). [1] According to various Islamic beliefs, ʿAzāzīl was the master of the angels and the strongest and most knowledgeable of them, before his pride led ...

  6. Satanic Verses - Wikipedia

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    According to some Islamic traditions, God sent Satan as a tempter to test the audience. Others categorically deny that this incident ever happened. The incident is accepted as true by some modern scholars of Islamic studies , citing the implausibility of early Muslim biographers fabricating a story so unflattering about their prophet.

  7. Islam and music - Wikipedia

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    At least according to one scholar, Jacob M. Landau, not only is secular and folk music found in regions throughout the Muslim world, but Islam has its own distinctive category of music -- the "Islamic music" or the "classical Islamic music" — that began development "with the advent of Islam about 610 CE" as a "new art". [40]

  8. Celebrity worship: What it is and why we do it, according to ...

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    Why do people worship celebrities? The nature of parasocial relationships allows individuals to feel truly connected to a celebrity that they might see or hear through their screens daily.

  9. Iblis - Wikipedia

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    In Islamic traditions, Iblīs is known by many alternative names or titles, such as Abū Murrah (Arabic: أَبُو مُرَّة, "Father of Bitterness") as the name stems from the word "murr" – meaning "bitter", ‘aduww Allāh or ‘aduwallah (Arabic: عُدُوّ الله, "enemy or foe" of God) [10] and Abū Al-Harith (Arabic: أَبُو الْحَارِث, "the father of the plowmen").