shirk

polytheism in Islamic terminology
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shirk

Summary

shirk is an Islamic term[1]. shirk ranks in the top 9% of islamic_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (531 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • shirk's instance of is recorded as Islamic term[3].
  • shirk's instance of is recorded as religious concept[4].
  • shirk's physically interacts with is recorded as Anger of God in Islam[5].
  • shirk's physically interacts with is recorded as Curse of God in Islam[6].
  • shirk is operated by Mushrik[7].
  • shirk is a type of polytheism[8].
  • shirk is part of dhalal[9].
  • shirk is part of Islamic views on sin[10].
  • shirk is part of Zulm[11].
  • shirk's Commons category is recorded as Shirk[12].
  • shirk's said to be the same as is recorded as paganism[13].
  • shirk's said to be the same as is recorded as riya[14].
  • shirk's work available at URL is recorded as https://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=$rk[15].
  • shirk's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.qurananalysis.com/?q=شرك[16].
  • shirk's facet of is recorded as idolatry[17].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Online[18].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1st edition[19].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)[20].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[21].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[22].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as TDV Islamic Encyclopedia[23].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[24].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as Great Russian Encyclopedia[25].
  • shirk's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World[26].
  • shirk's partially coincident with is recorded as Kufr[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Islamic term[3] and religious concept[4]. shirk is a type of polytheism[8].

Use and Application

Part of include dhalal[9], an Islamic term[28]; Islamic views on sin[10], an Islamic term[29]; and Zulm[11], an Islamic term[30].

Why It Matters

shirk ranks in the top 9% of islamic_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (531 views/month).[2] shirk has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] shirk is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . bigenc.ru. Retrieved . bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . oxfordreference.com. Retrieved . oxfordreference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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