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zakah
/ zakat |
The tax of two and one half per
cent of wealth that a Muslim is religiously required to distribute
to the poor once a year. |
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Zarathushtra |
The prophet (known in the West as Zoroaster)
who founded the Zoroastrian religion and whose teaching is
preserved in 17 hymns known as the Gathas. |
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Zen |
Literally 'meditation' (Sanskrit dhyana, Chinese
ch'an, Japanese zen). A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism;
one of the best known forms of Buddhism in the West. Zen practices
aim to induce direct experience of the inner Buddha nature. |
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Zionism |
Belief in a Jewish homeland in Israel, sometimes
linked to religious considerations but sometimes supported
for wholly secular reasons. |
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Zoroastrianism |
An ancient religion with roots in Iran where
there are still adherents, but now mostly associated with
Mumbai (Bombay) in India where adherents are known as Parsis.
An essential feature of worship, centred on fire, is physical
and moral purity. |
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