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Babism
Religion that developed in Iran around Mirza Ali Muhammad's claim (1844) to be the Bab. Its beliefs are set forth in the Bayan, a holy book written by the Bab, which proclaims a universal law in place of all existing religious legal codes. Babism originated as a messianic movement in Shiite Islam. In 1867 the movement split, with the Azalis remaining faithful to the original teachings of the Bab and those of his successor Sobh-e Azal. Most Babis accepted the leadership of Sobh-e Azal's half-brother Baha Ullah, and under him the Baha'i faith was developed.


Karaism
Jewish religious movement that denied the authenticity of the oral law and defended the Hebrew Bible as the only basis of doctrine and practice. It originated in 8th-cent. Persia, where its members were called Ananites after Anan ben David, who worked out a code of life independent of the Talmud. Members later adopted the name Karaites from the Hebrew qara ("to read"), emphasizing their reliance on a personal reading of the Bible. The movement spread through Egypt and Syria, winning only small numbers of followers and enduring many schisms. It still has about 10,000 members in Israel.


sadism
Psychosexual disorder in which sexual urges are gratified by inflicting pain on another person. The term is derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, who chronicled his own such practices. The level and extent of sadistic violence may vary from mild pain to extreme brutality, sometimes leading to serious injury or death. Sadism is often linked to masochism, and many individuals who have one tendency also have the other. The sadist, however, often seeks a victim who is not a masochist, since some of the sexual excitement derives from the victim's unwillingness.

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