Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures' has mentioned 'Islam' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 Early history 2.2 Hellenistic period 2.3 Sassanian era 2.4 Hephtalites and Turkic Khaganate era 2.5 Early Islamic era 2.6 Karakhanid (Ilek-Khanid) period (11th-12th centuries) 2.7 Mongol period 2.8 Timur's rule (1370-1405) 2.9 Ulugbek's period (1409-1449) 2.10 16th - 18th centuries 2.11 Second half of the 18th - 19th centuries 2.12 Russian Tzarist period 2.13 Soviet period 3 Geography 3.1 Climate 4 People 4.1 Language 5 Religion 5.1 Islam 5.1.1 Shia Muslims 5.2 Christianity 5.2.1 History 5.2.2 Now 6 Main sights 6.1 Ensembles 6.2 Mausoleums and shrines 6.2.1 Mausoleums 6.2.2 Holy shrines and mausoleums 6.3 Other Complexes 6.4 Madrasas 6.5 Mosques 6.6 Architecture 6.7 Suburbs 7 Transport 7.1 Local 7.2 Air transport 7.3 Railway 8 Notable locals 9 International relations 9.1 Twin towns xe2x80x93 sister cities 9.2 Friendly cities 10 Gallery 11 See also 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links | WIKI |
| [27] Much of the city's population converted to Islam. | WIKI |
| Islam[edit] | WIKI |
| Islam entered Samarkand in the 8th century, during the invasion of the Arabs in Central Asia (Umayyad Caliphate). | WIKI |
| Samarkand is also home to the Shrine of Imam Maturidi, the founder of Maturidism and the Mausoleum of the Prophet Daniel, who is revered in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. | WIKI |
| All the ambassadors of the ambassador tried to emphasize that traditional Islam, especially Sufism and Sunnism, in the regions of Bukhara and Samarqand is characterized by great religious tolerance toward other religions and sects, including Shiism[73][74][75] | WIKI |
| Christianity was introduced to Samarkand when it was part of Soghdiana, long before the penetration of Islam into Central Asia. | WIKI |
| Under the Umayyad Caliphate, Zoroastrians and Nestorians were persecuted by the Arab conquerors; the survivors fled to other places or converted to Islam. | WIKI |
| After a while, however, Islam completely supplanted Catholicism. | WIKI |
| The second-largest religious group in Samarkand after Islam is the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). | WIKI |
| It exhibits the influences of many cultures, past civilizations, neighboring peoples, and religions, especially those of Islam. | WIKI |
| In Islam, gardens are symbols of paradise, and as such they were depicted on the walls of tombs and grown in Samarkand itself. | WIKI |
| Amoghavajra, 8th-century Buddhist monk, a founder of Chinese esoteric Buddhism Abu Mansur Maturidi, Sunni theologist of the 10th century Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi, Persian poet and writer of the 12th century Suzani Samarqandi, Persian poet of the 12th century Fatima bint Mohammed ibn Ahmad Al Samarqandi, a 12th-century ulema (Islamic scholar) Najib ad-Din-e-Samarqandi, scholar of the 13th century Jamshxc4xabd al-Kxc4x81shxc4xab, astronomer and mathematician of the 15th century Shams al-Dxc4xabn al-Samarqandxc4xab, scholar Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi, general for the Mughal Empire, grandfather of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I Ibrahim Asmarakandi, 14th century proselytizer who introduced Islam to Java | WIKI |
| Islam Karimov, first president of Uzbekistan Lev Leviev (born 1956), Israeli billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and investor Irina Viner head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics federation Vladimir Vapnik professor of computer science and statistics, co-inventor of SVM method in machine learning Zarrukh Adashev, professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist Marsel xc4xb0lhan, No1 tennis player in Turkey Nadira Murray (formerly Alieva), British writer, producer, belly dancer. | WIKI |