Information on whether Sunni Islam believes in heaven and hell and life after death
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ24534.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Information on whether Sunni Islam believes in heaven and hell and life after death, 1 July 1996, ZZZ24534.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5d2c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on these subjects, please consult The Encyclopaedia of Islam attachments on Kiyama (resurrection) and Djahannam (hell), The New Encyclopaedia of Britannica attachment on eschatology in Islam, and the attachment from H.A.R. Gibb's Mohammedanism: An Historical Survey on the Last Day.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Gibb, H.A.R. 1970. Mohammedanism: An Historical Survey. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 41-42.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 22. Edited by Philip W. Goetz. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, p. 7.
The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 1991. New ed. Vol. 2. Edited by B. Lewis et al. Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 381-82.
_____. 1986. New ed. Vol. 5. Edited by C.E. Bosworth et al. Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 235-38.