Arief Yahya

Arief Yahya (born 2 April 1961 in Banyuwangi) is the current Minister of Tourism of Indonesia from 27 October 2014 in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo. From 2012 till his appointment to be a minister, he served as CEO in Telkom Indonesia, telecommunication state-owned enterprises in Indonesia since 11 May 2012 replacing Rinaldi Firmansyah.

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John the Baptist

John the Baptist (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής, Ioannēs ho baptistēs or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων, Ioannēs ho baptizōn, known as the prophet Yahya in the Qur'an ) was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD and is revered as a major religious figure along with Christianity, also in Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. He is called a prophet by all of these traditions, and honoured as a saint in many Christian traditions.

John used baptism as the central sacrament of his messianic movement. Most scholars agree that John baptized Jesus. Scholars generally believe Jesus was a follower or disciple of John and several New Testament accounts report that some of Jesus' early followers had previously been followers of John. John the Baptist is also mentioned by the Jewish historian Josephus. Some scholars maintain that John was influenced by the semi-ascetic Essenes, who expected an apocalypse and practiced rituals corresponding strongly with baptism, although no direct evidence substantiates this.

Yahya (name)

Yahya (Arabic: يحيى‎, Yaḥyā), also written Yahia is a common Arabic male given name. Yahya (John the Baptist) having been a prophet of Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world.

In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder; it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.

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Yahya (Zaragoza)

Yahya ibn al-Mundhir al-Mudhaffar (Arabic: يحي بن المنذر المظفر‎) was the second boss of the Banu Tujibi group. He ruled Zaragoza from 1021 to 1029.

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