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  2. Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an accurate alphabetical list of sovereign states, partially recognised states, and dependent territories with images of their passport stamps including visas. All Schengen countries and Cyprus use the same format for their stamps and stamps are not issued when traveling from one ...

  3. Islamic funeral - Wikipedia

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    A Tatar Muslim cemetery. The corpse is then fully buried by the gravediggers, who may stamp or pat down the earth to shape. Commonly, the eldest male will supervise. After the burial, those gathered pay their last respects to the dead by collectively praying for the forgiveness of the dead. This collective prayer is the last formal one for the ...

  4. Depictions of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    In Shia Islam, however, images of Muhammad are quite common nowadays even though historically, Shia scholars opposed such depictions. [20] [a] Still, many Muslims who take a stricter view of the supplemental traditions will sometimes challenge any depiction of Muhammad, including those created and published by non-Muslims. [22]

  5. National identity card (Morocco) - Wikipedia

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    A national identity program existed in Morocco since the late 1970s, the Moroccan national identity card was instituted as n° 1-73-560 and signed by King Hassan II on 15 February 1977 following a meeting with the Council of Ministers on 13 March 1975. [7] [15] A semi-electronic identity system was introduced in 1996 with a paper fingerprint ...

  6. Stamp duty - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on single property purchases or documents (including, historically, the majority of legal documents such as cheques, receipts, military commissions, marriage licences and land transactions). A physical revenue stamp had to be attached to or impressed upon the document to show that stamp duty had been ...

  7. Stamp duty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France". [3] In the 1702/03 financial year 3,932,933 stamps were embossed in England for a ...

  8. Five Pillars of Islam - Wikipedia

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    All of these prayers are recited while facing in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and form an important aspect of the Muslim Ummah. Muslims must wash before prayer; this washing is called wudu ("purification"). The prayer is accompanied by a series of set positions including; bowing with hands on knees, standing, prostrating and sitting in a ...

  9. Islamic marriage contract - Wikipedia

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    An Islamic marriage contractis considered an integral part of an Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the husband and wife or other parties involved in marriage proceedings under Sharia. Whether it is considered a formal, binding contract depends on the jurisdiction. Islamic faith marriage contracts are not valid in ...