Wikipedia's first sentence called it “controversial islamic theologian who attached himself to hārith b”. Today it says “islamic theologian of the umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the jahmiyya moniker”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Contemporary to Him”.
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Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE) For JAHM, see Jewish American Heritage Month Jahm bin Safwan ( Arabic : جَهْم بن صَفْوان , romanized : Jahm bin Ṣafwān ) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker. During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj , a dissident in Khurasan . He was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz . Reliable historical information about Jahm is sparse, coming from sources antagonistic towards him from later periods. Worlds of Islam - Welten des Islam - Mondes de l'Islam (1.
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Surayj , a rebel in Khurasan towards the end of the Umayyad period, and who was put to death in 128/745-6 by Salim b.
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Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE) For JAHM, see Jewish American Heritage Month Jahm bin Safwan ( ) was an Islamic theologian who attached himself to Al-Harith ibn Surayj , a dissident in Khurasan towards the end of the Umayyad period, and who was put to death in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz .
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controversial islamic theologian who attached himself to hārith b
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islamic theologian of the umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the jahmiyya moniker
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