... name Muwahhidun (Unitarians). While preserving many Islamic symbols, the Druze religion also incorporates Gnostic and neo-Platonic creeds. In the 10th century, Cairo Hamza ibn Ali, a Persian preacher and Muhammad al-Darazi, a Turkish preacher who gave his name to the sect, pronounced the sixth Fatimid caliph al-Hakim, as Divine. After al-Darazi's death (1020), Hamza declared himself to be the true ... ...

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... . A truly monotheistic religion, called Judaism, developed from these events. In 539 BC the Jews were permitted to return to Israel. Doctrines and Practices In Christian teaching, Jesus is the supreme preacher and exemplar of the moral life, but for most Christians that does not fully justify significance of his life and work. Christians teach that God is almighty in dominion over ... ...

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