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I know it really isn’t the most important issue here but I’m a little bit confused but interested. Who was Muhammad’s favorite wife, Khadijah or Aisha? I’ve heard conflicting responses.

(I'm sorry if this was asked somewhere else on the board, but I can't find it mentioned...) What did Muslims believe or follow before Muhammad? What I understand is that they all believed in the prophets such as Abraham, Noah, and so on. I also read that a little bit before Muhammad, the...

I don’t know if this has been asked here before or not. If it has, I’m sorry! :o I heard that some Jews don’t believe in a life after death, I also heard that some Jews don’t believe that their Messiah is coming or he already came (Jesus). Is any of this true? I’m really confused because I...

I was reading some works of the current Dalai Lama a while ago and a few questions popped into my head. What is a Dalai Lama? How does one become the official Dalai Lama? Is the Dalai Lama a vital role in the Buddhist belief and practice? ~ BluRoze ~

Is the phrase “Derka, Derka, Jihad” offensive? And what does it mean? I hear people say this just goofing around but I know they don’t know what Jihad really means. They just think it’s a funny word. The reason why I ask is because I know Jihad means “holy war”…but I’ve never heard of Derka.

I have a question, which may have been asked here already, I don’t know. What’s the beginning of Islam? Does is start with Muhammad or does it start when Abraham kicked Hagar and Ishmael out of their tribe (Geneses 21 in Christian bible)? The book that I read by Huston Smith said that it started...