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Mikdashi, Maya (2022-05-03), "Chapter 3 Regulating Conversion: Sovereignty, Bureaucracy, and the Banality of Religion", Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon, Stanford University Press, pp. 83–116, doi:10.1515/9781503631564-005, ISBN 978-1-5036-3156-4, retrieved 2025-02-26
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See, e.g., "Baptism", KJV (LDS): LDS Bible Dictionary, LDS Church
"Performing Priesthood Ordinances", Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood: Basic Manual for Priesthood Holders, Part B, LDS Church, 2000, pp. 41–48

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Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A. (1994). "To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision". Medicine and Law. 13 (7–8). World Association for Medical Law: 575–622. PMID 7731348.; Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A. (1995). "Islamic Law and the Issue of Male and Female Circumcision". Third World Legal Studies. 13. Valparaiso University School of Law: 73–101. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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Bennett, Clinton, ed. (2015) [2013]. "Glossary". The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies (1st ed.). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 330. ISBN 9781441138125. OCLC 777652885. Aqidah – translates as "creed". Technically, the Shahadah (first pillar) is the only obligatory statement of faith in Islam; however, over time a list of six items evolved, the essentials of faith (Iman Mufassal), namely: belief in God, in God's angels, scriptures, messengers, day of judgment, and God's power.
Kueny, Kathryn (2004). "Abraham's Test: Islamic Male Circumcision as Anti/Ante-Covenantal Practice". In Reeves, John C. (ed.). Bible and Qurʼān: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality. Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature). Vol. 24. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 161–173. ISBN 90-04-12726-7. ISSN 1569-3627.

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