Definitions

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  • noun the capital and chief port of Qatar

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Examples

  • That made me slowly but surely keep myself from falling into the same levels as those whose actions could only be classified as bida'ah al lawwamah.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • That made me slowly but surely keep myself from falling into the same levels as those whose actions could only be classified as bida'ah al lawwamah.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • And Islam abhors innovation, or "bida," whereas modern economies rely on constant "creative destruction" (as the Schumpeterian phrase famously puts it), and a willingness to find new inventions, and new ways of manufacturing, and new ways to distribute goods or offer services.

    Jihad Watch 2009

  • But the reason for the "widespread poverty" is Islam itself, not only its resistance to "bida" (innovation) - which also means resistance to real, secular education - but also the inshallah-fatalism that Islam naturally encourages, and an all-encompassing belief-system that views everything non-Muslim with permanent and deep hostility.

    Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami 2009

  • These two attitudes, inshallah-fatalism and mental submission, combined with the habit of mental submission, leads to an absence of both hard work (why bother, with that fatalism?) and entrepreneurial flair (that requires a view of the individual's significance, and the value of what is new - compare the Muslim ban of "bida").

    Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami 2008

  • They have learned about the meaning of bida, or innovation; the authentic chain of transmission for a hadith; and the virgins awaiting a martyr in paradise.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • They have learned about the meaning of bida, or innovation; the authentic chain of transmission for a hadith; and the virgins awaiting a martyr in paradise.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • Pero inilangkap ito ni Imson sa sitwasyon at komunidad ni Karding at hinayaang ang konteksto ang magtulak sa desisyong gagawin ng bida sa harap ng mabigat na isyu.

    Bulawan Online 3rd Issue 2008

  • Pero inilangkap ito ni Imson sa sitwasyon at komunidad ni Karding at hinayaang ang konteksto ang magtulak sa desisyong gagawin ng bida sa harap ng mabigat na isyu.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Arg wu sentafinticate nar dunderford bida menti kosticated interserd thorphilliate stinded yilla billa zay wentora yate paravillintiniay paravillintiniaaaaaaayyy.

    super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006

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