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Table of Contents Acknowledgements
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The Most Notable Trusted Sheikhs an
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Places of Worship .................
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institutions; they have made this b
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Ever since we started working on th
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14 He may think that Joseph is not
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Time: Perceptions and Concepts The
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Time in Christianity The Holy Book
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Moments in the Day It is said that
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The Solar Calendar The Christian ye
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The Lunar Calendar The Glorious Kor
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The Lunar/ Hegira Months The lunar
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appearance of grass. Rabi’ al-Aww
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Sunday for Christians The liturgica
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Muslim acts of worship, as mentione
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36 The Liturgical Cycle and Holiday
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38 place of the pagan holiday on Ja
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40 people of Rome who had returned
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42 Santa Claus Ever since the Fourt
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44 and those who are in it, as a si
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46 Carnival The word is derived fro
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48 Sundays of Lent Fasting season i
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of this Palm Sunday, parents dress
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The Rite of Washing of Feet has Two
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After Supper, Christ went as usual
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day is a reminder of the many suffe
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60 The faithful come out of the chu
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62 Chocolate Eggs About a century a
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64 The Exaltation of the Cross On S
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66 Holidays and Special Religious O
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68 Based on the Holy Koran and Prop
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70 ‘Id al-Fitr It is the first da
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72 God, He is free from imperfectio
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74 ‘Id al-Adha Just like ‘Id al
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76 Religious Occasions Al-Mawlid al
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78 Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj Al-‘is
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80 ‘Ashura’ The occasion occurs
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82 Remembering Al-‘Awliya’ and
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84 A representation of the healing
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even in the Nestorian Church. It is
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All Saints’ Day On this Holiday,
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the inside and making it immune fro
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John the Baptist (Yahya, A.S.) Chri
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96 Job (Ayyub), A.S. Job for Christ
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98 Saint Georges/ Al-Khidr - For Ch
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102 Birth Bearing children is a mar
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104 Before being immersed in the wa
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106 Communion The newly baptized ta
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108 Marriage and Related Matters Ma
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110 The Wedding Ceremony (The Crown
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112 Annulment of Marriage and Divor
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114 The Marriage Contract Marriage
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116 Polygamy The Koran allows polyg
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118 Death Death is in fact the grea
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120 Praying Upon and Burying the De
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122 Death in Islam Traditions and c
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124 Adoption and Sponsoring of Orph
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