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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51029" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51029" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76742" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76742" /> == | ||
<p> The religion of | <p> The religion of Mohammed , or Islam , ( <i> q. v </i> .), is essentially much the same as the religion of the Jews with some elements borrowed from the Christian religion, and is defined by Carlyle as a bastard Christianity; originating in Arabia it spread rapidly over the W. of Asia, the N. of Africa, and threatened at one time to overrun Europe itself; it is the religion to-day of two hundred millions of the human race, and the profession of it extends over a wide area in western and southern Asia as also in northern Africa, though its limits in Europe do not extend beyond the bounds of Turkey. </p> | ||
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