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‘A generous man accepts willingly to be deceived’ – this applies to Caliph Haroun al-Rashid
09 Jul 2025 20:24 GMT
… serious mistake, prompting the Caliph to order his execution … likely lying. However, the Caliph understood well the truth … led by Napoleon Bonaparte, Muhammad Karim was captured and sentenced … of their homeland.”
The Islamic scholar Mohammad Rashid Rida once …
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Religion: A sacred time of reflection and remembrance
18 Jul 2025 20:45 GMT
… of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in … . Husayn stood against the Umayyad Caliph Yazid, refusing to accept what … South Valley Islamic Community, serving them and the larger Muslim community in …
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Achtung! There Surely Is A Day Of Reckoning
18 Jul 2025 15:05 GMT
… believe in the Judgment Day, Muslims speak of Yawm al-Qiyamah … ibn Abi Talib (the fourth Caliph in Islam) said: “A nation can …
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Hamas' Oct 7 attack was ‘righteous Jihad against infidels’, hundreds of Muslim clerics declare in Turkey
… of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), MEMRI noted.
… that called on all Muslims and Islamic countries to wage Jihad … drawing significant criticism even within Muslim countries.
Dar al-Ifta, … is wearing the hat of caliph and is more extreme …
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Tragedy of Karbala led to a movement of identity and resistance
18 Jul 2025 07:11 GMT
… Husayn, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, and his companions were … Saffah was declared the new Caliph in Kufa. A year … later, the last Umayyad Caliph, Marwan II, was defeated … taught in the Department of Islamic Studies at Aligarh Muslim University
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The Druze, My Friends—Facing Mortal Danger
18 Jul 2025 01:42 GMT
… century and combines elements of Islam, Gnosticism, and Neoplatonism. They revere … Muhammad—alongside a pivotal figure in their own tradition, the Fatimid Caliph …
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ISIS supporter detained in Kyrgyzstan
18 Jul 2025 01:21 GMT
… (bayah) to the amir (caliph) of the «Islamic State».
The detainee, using …
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Druze: A Faith in the Middle East Influenced by Greek Philosophy and Mysticism
17 Jul 2025 11:55 GMT
… reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr … esoteric sects of Islam, it fused Neoplatonic metaphysics, Islamic mysticism, Persian … atmosphere of the medieval Islamic world. During that time, … Hellenic Wahhabi jihadists of Sunni Islam. In times of conflict …
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Mughals in NCERT Class VIII textbook: An inaccurate retelling with a communal twist
17 Jul 2025 08:08 GMT
… for the non-Muslim population to convert to Islam.This interpretation is … medieval Indian history. Levied by Caliph Umar as early as 634 … protect the non-Muslim population. Nowhere in any Islamic literature produced in …
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Who are the Druze? Why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them?
16 Jul 2025 18:42 GMT
… Druze broke away from Shia Islam during the 10th or 11th … – who followed the sixth Fatimid caliph.
Al-Hakim was later deified … and making a pilgrimage to Mecca, they also revere several … responsibilities on behalf of the Muslim Caliphate”.
When it comes to …