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    At least 37 people are killed and more than 3,400 others injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria.; Severe flooding in central Europe leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged.

  3. Persecution of Zoroastrians - Wikipedia

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    Various methods were used to proselytize the minorities. According to a law, if any member of family converted to Islam, he/she was entitled to all inheritance. [68] [71] [72] They were forbidden from taking up lucrative occupations. [68] The community was regarded as outcast, impure and untouchable. [68]

  4. Jihad - Wikipedia

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    Sayyid Ahmad Khan also argued jihad was limited to cases of oppression, and since the British Raj allowed freedom of religion, there was no need to wage jihad against the British. [147] Instead, Khan formulated jihad as recovering past Muslim scientific progress to modernize the Muslim world.

  5. Heir apparent - Wikipedia

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    Sayyid, Crown Prince of Oman August 21, 1990 (age 34) eldest son Saudi Arabia: Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia August 31, 1985 (age 39) child Sweden: Victoria: Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland July 14, 1977 (age 47) eldest child Tonga: Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala

  6. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Primogeniture (/ ˌ p r aɪ m ə ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ tʃ ər,-oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative.

  7. House of Jamalullail (Perlis) - Wikipedia

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    The House of Jamalullail is the current ruling house of the state of Perlis in Malaysia.. It was founded in 1843 together with the formation of the state of Perlis as a monarchy, after the Sultan of Kedah, Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II gave his endorsement to the Jamalullail family for the secession of Perlis from Kedah with the Jamalullail family as its hereditary rulers.

  8. Abdul Hai Arifi - Wikipedia

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    He authored books including Uswah Rasool-e-Akram and Death and Inheritance. He served as the president of Darul Uloom Karachi for ten years. Arifi was an alumnus of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College and the University of Lucknow. He practiced law between 1926 and 1935, and homeopathy from 1936 until he died on 27 March 1986.

  9. Abbasid Caliphate - Wikipedia

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    Centuries after the Abbasids fall, several dynasties have claimed descent from them, as "claiming kinship relation with Muhammad", that is, claiming an affiliation to the 'People of the House' or the status of a sayyid or sharif, has arguably been the most widespread way in Muslim societies of supporting one's moral or material objectives with ...