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  2. Iddah - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, ’iddah or iddat (Arabic: العدة, romanized: al-ʿidda; "period of waiting") is the period a woman must observe after the death of her husband or after a divorce, during which she may not marry another man.

  3. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...

  4. Hijri calendar - Wikipedia

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    The term Hijri calendar has more than one meaning. There are three calendars that have the Hijrah as their epoch. In most Islamic countries The Islamic calendar, the lunar Hijri calendar based on actual lunar observation. It does not take account of the seasons The Tabular Islamic calendar, a rule-based variation of the Islamic calendar. It has ...

  5. Islamic marital practices - Wikipedia

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    According to Younis, “Because ‘dating’ is not allowed in Islam, the Internet is an ideal vehicle for a discreet first step in finding a marriage partner." [ 23 ] [ better source needed ] Other websites such as, The International Muslim Matrimonial site [2] , broaden the depth of choices for individuals looking for a partner. [ 24 ]

  6. Solar Hijri calendar - Wikipedia

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    This average is just 0.00000026 (2.6 × 10 −7) of a day shorter than Newcomb's value for the mean tropical year of 365.24219878 days, but differs considerably more from the mean vernal equinox year of 365.242362 days, which means that the new year, intended to fall on the vernal equinox, would drift by half a day over the course of a cycle.

  7. LGBTQ people and Islam - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, the Arabic language had an appreciable vocabulary of homoerotic terms, with multiple words to describe types of male prostitutes, including those pre-dating Islam. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Schmitt (1992) identifies some twenty words in Arabic, Persian , and Turkish to identify those who are penetrated.

  8. Rumi calendar - Wikipedia

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    In the Islamic state of the Ottoman Empire, the religious Islamic calendar (a lunar calendar) was in use.In this calendar, months coincide with lunar phases.Because a "lunar year" (the combined duration of twelve lunar phases) is shorter than the solar year, the seasons cycle through the lunar months as the solar years pass.

  9. Outline of Islam - Wikipedia

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    Allah God in Islam Tawhid, Oneness of God Repentance in Islam Islamic views on sin Shirk, Partnership and Idolatory Haram Kufr Bid‘ah. Sunni / Ibadi / Ahmadiyya. Five Pillars of Islam