Satan

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It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Burbery also compares Satan to the Hoba meteorite, a 60-ton space rock that survived impact largely intact.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Given how much attention the very creative “Glitterball” devotes to the social and architectural character of Old Louisville, the subtext seems to be that Satan will always find a way, regardless of property values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

"Fights, Camera, Action" features an excerpt of a 1988 interview with the woman whose toaster is allegedly possessed by Satan, featured on the "Today" show.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

When I was a foul, vicious convict, so evil that other convicts had called me Satan, this man had rescued me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey