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Ibadah (plural: ibadat) (Islam)
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Worship under all its forms. All legal injunctions are divided into those about forms of worship (ibadat) compared with those about human relations and transactions (mu'amalat).
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Ihram (Islam)
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The basic clothing worn while on pilgrimage.
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Ijma (Islam)
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The consensus of opinion of the community, of probably learned men (ulama).
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Ik Onkar (Sikhism)
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At the beginning of the Mool Mantra this says there is only one God.
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Ikshvaku
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Son of Manu, founder of the great Solar Dynasty of kings.
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Imam (Islam)
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Sunnis use this as an honourific title for outstanding religious scholars but Shias reserve Imam to mean special initiating power arising from prophetic revelation. Literally he who stands at the front, hence the leader of the daily prayers and also he who is the leader of the community.
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Indra (Hinduism)
- The god of storms and battle. Indra is the chief of the gods (devas) in the Veda, but his place declines afterwards.
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Irfan (Islam)
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Gnosis or divine knowledge.
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Ishvara (Hinduism)
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The Lord, God.
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Islam (Islam)
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The religion revealed to Muhammad (pbuh) into the Qur'an and meaning submission to the God Allah.
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Israel (Judaism)
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The Jews were the people Israel in Biblical times but also means the ancient Hebrew kingdom and then was the (rather different) Jewish state established in 1948.
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Itihad (Islam)
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The exercising of judgment about religion and Islamic law by authoritative experts.
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