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{{Infobox religion|name=Dawra|native_name=ضورة|image=[[File:Dawra_Altar.jpeg|250px]]|caption=''Artist's rendition of a simple Dawrani altar''|type=Ethnic Religion|orientation=Quest|theology=Monolatrism|leader_title=Mutadiit|leader_name=[[Yufraan Abd'ildarra]]|headquarters=Mukarras|founder=[[Suleiman Abd'ildarra]]|founded_date=1610|founded_place=Hasa}}

 

 

Dawranis believe that the universe was not created, but simply came into being one day. Along with the universe, three deities were created: [[Ildarra]] (إلضرة), who was the deity of positive change and forward movement, [[Arzaal]] (أرزال), the deity governing stagnancy, contentedness, and remaining at a standstill, and [[Salahayr]] (سلحاير), the deity of chaos, harmful change, and moving backwards. These deities together created various parts of the cosmos, including [[Urth]]. The Dawrani hold that life was an unintentional consequence of the creation of Urth, and that the evolution of sentient species is a result of natural scientific processes coexistent with Dawran beliefs. In Dawran mythology, each of the three major deities (or "overspirits") oversee and encompass many ''Maniitou'' (منيطو), or spirits, which Dawranis believe are the remnants of those on Urth who have died. Spirits are believed to have the power to influence the natural realm through methods that connect to things the people were associated with in real life. Dawranis believe that this ability goes beyond the physical world, and can influence emotions and behavior.

Dawra originated in the 17th century C.E. in [[Hasa]], a city in the [[Republic of Mukarras|Mukarras]] region of Aldaar. Dawrani rule would expand to the rest of the Aldaari homeland by the end of the century, and would stay undisturbed until 1844, when the empire built by Suleiman Abd'ildarra would collapse due to a succession crisis. While some sects of Dawra split off around this time, relations between them and the main sect remained good. In the 1930s, when the seven Aldaari republics were taken over to various degrees by foreign multi-national corporations, they would suppress Dawra throughout the republics, viewing cultural unity to be a threat to their power; all Maktabat were closed, home altars were banned, and the usage of incense and peyote was criminalized. However, given the extremely decentralized nature of Dawra, it was extremely difficult to fully destroy, and many groups of worshippers made homes for themselves in the deserts where the corporations rarely checked. After almost a century of persecution, a new Mutadiit, Yufraan Abd'ildarra, retook the original journey of Suleiman and reignited the Dawranis, leading to a revolution against the corporatist government in the [[Republic of Mukarras]] which would succeed in September 2022, and the ascension of Yufraan to the post of Mutadiit, the head of both the Dawrani religion and of the nation of Aldaar.

 

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