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In context of Swahili culture, jinn possession may be used for healing purposes. [16] Such possessions are to be distinguished from cultural concepts of possession by demons. [ 17 ] [ 11 ] [ 18 ]
Faith healing can be classified as a spiritual, supernatural, [10] or paranormal topic, [11] and, in some cases, belief in faith healing can be classified as magical thinking. [12] The American Cancer Society states "available scientific evidence does not support claims that faith healing can actually cure physical ailments". [8] "Death ...
Christian influences in Islam can be traced back to Eastern Christianity, which surrounded the origins of Islam. [1] Islam, emerging in the context of the Middle East that was largely Christian, was first seen as a Christological heresy known as the "heresy of the Ishmaelites", described as such in Concerning Heresy by Saint John of Damascus, a Syriac scholar.
Christian polemics and apologetics in Europe during the Middle Ages were primarily directed inwards, either against "heretics," such as the Cathars, or between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. A subset of polemic and apologetic activity continued against Judaism and Islam, both openly in Christian Europe and more circumspectly in the pre ...
Abdiyah Akbar Abdul-Haqq, Sharing Your [Christian] Faith with a Muslim, Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1980. ISBN 0-87123-553-6; Giulio Basetti-Sani, The Koran in the Light of Christ: a Christian Interpretation of the Sacred Book of Islam, trans. by W. Russell-Carroll and Bede Dauphinee, Chicago, Ill.: Franciscan Herald Press, 1977.
Eastern esotericism is a term utilized by various scholars to describe a broad range of religious beliefs and practices originating from the Eastern world, characterized by esoteric, secretive, or occult elements.
In Islam in general ayah is often used to a mean Quranic verse, but there is overlap in meaning: ayat /verses are believed to be the divine speech in human language presented by Muhammad as his chief miracle, [1] and miracles are a "sign" (ayah) of God and of Muhammad's prophethood.
"insulting medical learning is against the spirit of Islam and Islam’s call for [learning] science... Criticizing the content [of a book] is appropriate, but burning is an act of ignorance, and many libraries were set on fire based on wrong motivations in the past". Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, who runs Irans seminaries, also condemned the book ...