In a more nuanced way, a number of influential scholars, such as Rodney Stark and Regina Schwartz, have also cast monotheism as particularly intolerant towards the "Other" and thus a fertile ground ...

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Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam are three major world religions with distinct philosophies and ways of worship. Christianity is centered on faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the concept of ...

Long established as a leading sociologist of American religion, Stark has in recent years extended his methodology into increasingly speculative territory. Here he follows up his inquiry into the ...

The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Department of Da'wah and Religious Guidance, conducted the first session of the 11th Ramadan dialogue programme 'Wa Amenhum ...

Allah The Almighty created man and Jinn and commanded them to worship Him, and made the validity of any act of worship contingent upon devotion and monotheism. Islam and all its rites and obligations ...

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