The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (83 page)
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Ahl al-Mantalka
(Arab., ‘people of the girdle’).
Copts
and Syrian Jacobites, so called as a mark of humility (cf.
HABIT, RELIGIOUS
), but also as a sign of humiliation, from the Muslim insistence that Christians in Egypt should wear a girdle, in order to be identified.
Copts
and Syrian Jacobites, so called as a mark of humility (cf.
HABIT, RELIGIOUS
), but also as a sign of humiliation, from the Muslim insistence that Christians in Egypt should wear a girdle, in order to be identified.
Ahl al-Suffa
.
.
A group of poor Muslims, who were given permission by the Prophet
Mu
ammad
to live in a corner of the
Mad
na
mosque. Later generation of Muslims, especially the
S
f
s
, venerated the pious and ascetic character of the ahl al-Suff
as a model for themselves.
Mu
ammadto live in a corner of the
Mad
namosque. Later generation of Muslims, especially the
S
fs, venerated the pious and ascetic character of the ahl al-Suff
as a model for themselves.Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-jam
‘a
(non-Shi‘ite Muslims)
:
‘a(non-Shi‘ite Muslims)
:
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