User:Musaabdulrashid

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edit   Introduction I am in this picture, here My name is Mic, I am also Musa Abdur Rashid. I am basically a good person, though I am often at the wrong place at the wrong time. I like explosions and going places, so I hope to graduate from California Maritime Academy in about 2 years with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a 3rd Assistant Engineer's license from the United States Coast Guard. I have played the bagpipes competitively in Grade 3. edit   Important Musaabdulrashid's notable wikipedia moments: this log: When I tried to delete the article on my high school and failed miserably. Wikipedia:WikiProject Pipe Bands The project I started to to improve pipe band articles. I've written dozens of articles and created several templates, including an infobox (you can help!). my 1000th edit Recommended Pages Anti-tank dog WikiProject Pipe Bands open tasks This project creates and improves neglected articles. Requests: Drum Sergeant, Ballycoan Pipe Band Expand: 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band, Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, Perth Highland Pipe Band, Scottish Power Pipe Band Update: List of pipe bands other tasks | edit WikiProject Organized Labour open tasks This project creates and improves neglected articles. Requests: 1926 Passaic Textile Strike - Needs a couple good action photos of strike violence. Timeline of trade unions Expand: Permanent & Casual Wharf Labourers Union of Australia, Maharashtra General Kamgar Union, Force Ouvrière, Jerome Wurf, Samuel Gompers, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) Update: National Labor Relations Board Two board members, needs attention! Strike action (also fix formatting), NHL Players Association, Teamsters for a Democratic Union other tasks | edit edit   Islam Picture Usage The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Islam/Selected picture/Layout. All pictures added must have been given a quality rating of Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Add a new Selected picture to the next available subpage. Update "max=" to new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page. Selected pictures list Portal:Islam/Selected picture/1 The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/2 Chechen separatist fighter praying during the First Chechen War Portal:Islam/Selected picture/3 Tanzanians protesting the 2008-2009 Gaza bombardment Portal:Islam/Selected picture/4 Sultan al-Atrash, (1891-1982) was a prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Great Syrian Revolution (1925-1927). Portal:Islam/Selected picture/5 Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/6 Portal:Islam/Selected picture/7 Portal:Islam/Selected picture/8 The Tughra (طغراء) of Mahmud II. A tughra is a Turkish paisley-like calligraphic seal or signature used at the beginning of sultans' decrees. These colorful emblems incorporated the ruler's name and title in intricate vegetal inscriptions designed by neshanis, or court calligraphers. Parallel to the European signet, tughras often appeared on coins and stamps of the Ottoman Empire. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/9 A young woman from Ramallah, c. 1898-1914. Until the 1940s, women of Palestine wore elaborate handcrafted garments. The creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in their lives. A knowledgeable observer could determine a woman's village of origin and social status from her clothing. The circular band near this woman's forehead is a ring of coins made from a portion of her dowry money, and indicates that she is unmarried. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/10 Example of an ijazah, or diploma of competency in Arabic calligraphy Portal:Islam/Selected picture/11 1905 Stereoscope. Original caption reads: The native mode of grinding coffee, Palestine. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/12 Turkish trenches on the shores of the Dead Sea, part of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I Portal:Islam/Selected picture/13 A Bedouin woman in Jerusalem, sometime between 1898 and 1914, dressed in Palestinian costume, the traditional clothing worn by Palestinians. Many of the handcrafted garments were richly embroidered and the creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in the lives of the region's women. Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian costumes reflected a woman's economic status, whether married or single, and the town or district of origin, and a knowledgeable observer could glean such information from the fabric, colors, cut, and embroidery motifs (or lack thereof) in a given woman's apparel. Nominations Feel free to add related featured pictures to the above list. Other pictures may be nominated here. None at this time. edit   Palestine Picture The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine and a major landmark located in Jerusalem. edit   POTD Babel en This user is a native speaker of English. es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. boxtops This user is a member of WikiProject Pipe Bands. This user is interested in Organized Labour. GHB-3 This user is an advanced bagpipe player. MP This user has Mad Pride This user hails from New York City.|} jh-1 This user is a novice Jew's harp player. edit   Did you know... Instructions These "Did you know..." subpages are randomly displayed using {{Random portal component}}. The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Islam/DYK/Layout. DYKs at this list must have successfully already appeared at Template:Did you know. Add a new DYK to the next available subpage. Update the DYK max at the main portal page. (Only include completed sets of 3.) DYK list Portal:Islam/DYK/1 ...that the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu Khan, executed Al-Musta'sim (pictured), the Abbasid caliph, following the 1258 Battle of Baghdad? ...that the jihad of Modibo Adama led to the spread of Islam? ...that the Muslim state of Ifat was completely annexed by Ethiopia in 1415? Portal:Islam/DYK/2 ...that Niccolò Da Conti (1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant who traveled around the Indian Ocean (pictured) for 25 years in the early 15th century, and was made to relate an account of his travels as a penance for converting to Islam? ...that Islam in Poland traces its history to the 13th century, with the advent of Tartar settlers? ...that Islam, Tahrif is the charge that Jewish nd Christian holy books have been subject to change, alteration or forgery? Portal:Islam/DYK/3 ...that Zhang Chengzhi, who formed China's first group of Red Guards while a student at Tsinghua University Middle School (Tsinghua School pictured), converted to Islam? ...that an inquiry into Sidhom Bishay's execution for his refusal to convert to Islam and recounce Christianity resulted in the dismissal of a judge and a governor? ...that Muhammad had engaged as a diplomat for a time during his call to Islam? Portal:Islam/DYK/4 ...that a large number of Rwandans (flag pictured) converted to Islam after the 1994 Genocide? ...that the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan is a rebel organization that gained de facto recognition from the Government of Pakistan on September 5, 2006 as a result of negotiations between Islamabad and local tribesmen to end the Waziristan War? ...that before David Myatt converted to Islam in 1998 and endorsed Islamic terrorism, he had been active in Nazi satanism in the UK since the late 1960s? Portal:Islam/DYK/5 ...that the Islamic Emirate of Bari in Southern Italy was conquered (pictured) in 871 by Frankish and Lombard ground forces under Louis II of Italy, together with a Croatian fleet? ...that the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism is a Muslim advocacy group which monitors media coverage of Islam and Muslims in the U.K.? ... that Sabr is the Islamic virtue of patience and endurance? Portal:Islam/DYK/6 ... that Maher Arar was deported to Syria (flag pictured) and tortured after being wrongly identified as an "Islamic Extremist" by Project O Canada? ... that Canadian supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri was the daughter of an Islamic cleric who opposed his daughter's career? ...that guests on the American PBS television series Soul! (1967–1971) included Stevie Wonder, African musician Hugh Masekela, and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan? Portal:Islam/DYK/7 ...that while the earliest Syrian immigrants in the United States (Syria pictured) arrived in the 1880s, most Muslim Syrian Americans arrived over eighty years later, after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965? ...that the Crusade of Varna required simultaneous attacks on the Muslim Ottoman Empire by Christian Hungary and the Muslim Karamanids, which did not occur? ...that the Moorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of 19th-century synagogue architecture, because the Mudéjar style was associated with the golden age of Jewry in medieval Muslim Spain? Portal:Islam/DYK/8 ...that in the Muslim tradition, Bahira (pictured) was a Christian monk who foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future prophetic career? ...that Sarat Chandra Bose, the brother of Subhash Chandra Bose attempted to obtain independence for a united Bengal with Muslim leader Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1947? ...that on January 21, 2006 Ilan Halimi, a French Jew, was kidnapped by a gang of Muslim immigrant youths and subsequently tortured to death, with the motive being either money or anti-Semitism? Portal:Islam/DYK/9 ...that the book Description of Africa by the Muslim slave Joannes Leo Africanus was an important source of information on the North African Islamic civilization during the European Renaissance? ...that in Persia, non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by Shi'a Muslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim? ...that Silma Ihram decided to found Al-Noori Muslim Primary School in Greenacre, New South Wales after Presbyterian Ladies' College would not allow her daughters to wear hijabs in school? Portal:Islam/DYK/10 ...that although 99.8% of the population is Muslim, there is no official religion in Turkey (flag pictured)? ...that Ismat ad-Din Khatun was the wife of two important medieval Muslim princes, Nur ad-Din and Saladin? ...that the social reform organization Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz has been labeled "un-Islamic" by upper caste Muslims? Portal:Islam/DYK/11 ...that Jogendra Nath Mandal was a Hindu politician who served as the first Minister for Law and Labour of the Muslim state of Pakistan (flag pictured)? ...that the Indonesian Muslim organization Muhammadiyah has over 29 million members and manages several universities? ...that Saddam Beach in the Indian state of Kerala was given its name by local Muslim villagers after the Gulf War of 1991 in solidarity with former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein? Portal:Islam/DYK/12 ...that Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski (pictured) was the only Muslim to be appointed General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia? ...that a major milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India came in 1193 when the great university at Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish Muslim raiders? ...that the Urdu movement, which sought to establish Urdu as the lingua franca of the Muslim communities of India, emerged from the fall of the Mughal Empire and became an integral part of the Pakistan movement? Portal:Islam/DYK/13 ... that Durum wheat (pictured) was used to make al-fidawsh, a dry pasta popular in Muslim Spain? ...that in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongol Empire had an alliance with the Armenians against their common enemy, the Muslim Mamluks? ...that a Muslim fundamentalist beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's and carted a statue of Father Serra to a nearby mosque in October 2001? Portal:Islam/DYK/14 ...that Mohammad Amin al-Husayni met Adolf Hitler in December 1941 (pictured) in Europe? ...that Muslim scholar Maulvi Abdul Haq is decorated as the Father of Urdu in Pakistan? ...that the Amman Message was a statement issued by King Abdullah II of Jordan calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world? Portal:Islam/DYK/15 ...that Shamsunnahar Mahmud and Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (pictured) were Muslim feminists of the Bengal renaissance? ...that 12th-century Muslim scientist Al-Khazini, who proposed a theory of gravitation long before Isaac Newton, was, in his early life, a slave of the Seljuq Turks? ...that the 110th United States Congress freshman class contains members from diverse backgrounds, including a professional football player, a Navy vice admiral, several former teachers, and the first Buddhist and Muslim members? Portal:Islam/DYK/16 ...that in 717 Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi‎ became the first Muslim commander ever to cross the Pyrenees mountain range (pictured)? ...that Bhudev Mukhopadhyay taught at Hindu, Muslim and Christian schools? ...that before the Bagratids unified Georgia, Caucasian Iberia was ruled by a succession of princes under the influence of the Byzantines, the Persians and the Muslim Caliphate from the 6th to the 9th centuries? Portal:Islam/DYK/17 ... that the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil (pictured), near Jerusalem, is regarded by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike as a holy site for containing the tomb of Samuel? ...that the Muslim Revolution of Agriculture industrialized sugar production, building the first sugar refineries and sugar plantations in the 8th century? ...that the Barack Obama Muslim rumor has been circulating on the Internet since 2004? Portal:Islam/DYK/18 ... that in 1935, the Supreme Muslim Council built the an-Nasr Mosque (pictured) in the Palestinian city of Nablus after an earthquake in 1927 completely destroyed the previous structure on the site? ...that one of the most important advances in medieval Muslim psychology was the establishment of the first psychiatric hospitals? ... that Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India? Portal:Islam/DYK/19 ... that both Christians and Muslims ritually sacrifice lambs during the Feast of Saint George in the Palestinian town of al-Khader (pictured) near Bethlehem? ... that Mohammad Usman Rana, a Norwegian Pakistani student, is one of the prolific Muslim debaters in the Norwegian public sphere? ... that The Truth About Muhammad by Robert Spencer, proposes to present a "scrupulously accurate account of what Muhammad said and did"? Portal:Islam/DYK/20 ... that Jacob's Well (pictured) in Nablus is a site associated with Jacob in Jewish, Samaritan, Christian and Muslim tradition? ... that khutba is the sermon delivered before the Muslim weekly congregational prayers on Friday, and after the annual congregational prayers on each of the two Muslim festivals? ...that Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi created the paramilitary Islamic Legion primarily associated with the seven year Libyan-Chadian War? Portal:Islam/DYK/21 ...that Georgia’s capital Tbilisi (pictured) functioned as the center of an Islamic emirate under the Arab rule from 736 to 1122? ...that the Islamic Spaniard Judar Pasha led 4,000 Moroccans to victory against more than 40,000 Songhai troops at the Battle of Tondibi, putting an end to West Africa's Songhai Empire? ...that in the 1850s, El Hadj Umar Tall founded a short-lived Islamic empire covering modern day Guinea, Senegal, and Mali? Portal:Islam/DYK/22 ...that in the 1970s, Tatar painter Baqi Urmançe (pictured) painted Islamic calligraphy in the Soviet Union, something which was prohibited? ...that Malaysian politician and MP Badruddin Amiruldin has publicly said that those who oppose Islamic theocracy should leave the country? ...that an edition of Alpin, a supplement of the Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, was banned by the caretaker government for publishing a controversial cartoon in relation to the Islamic prophet Muhammad? Portal:Islam/DYK/23 ...that the Pakistan coup attempt of 1995 aimed to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan by overthrowing prime minister Benazir Bhutto (pictured)? ...that Khwaja Ahsanullah and his son Khwaja Salimullah clashed over the latter's Islamic fundamentalism? ...that the Alfathi brand of red meat from Nortura combines the strict Islamic rules concerning food preparation for slaughter with Norwegian cuisine? Portal:Islam/DYK/24 ...that the map (pictured) by Piri Reis, a 16th century Islamic cartographer, is the oldest surviving Turkish map to show the Americas? ...that the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways add about 500 km of new track each year to their network with planned links to Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan? ...that although the official cause of the 2007 Balad aircraft crash is fog, the insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq says they shot it down? Portal:Islam/DYK/25 ... that after being sentenced, beaten and left for dead for refusing to recite Muslim scriptures, Vaishnava convert Haridasa Thakur's (pictured) instant recovery convinced many he was a pir? ...that the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea? ...that the Persian political-philosophical treatise, the Siyasatnama, provides evidence for the survival of pre-Islamic traditions within the Saljuq empire? Nominations Any Islam justice-related WP:DYKs that have previously appeared at Template:DYK may be added to the next available subpage, above. All hooks must first have appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know section. Note: -- Each hook and selected fact requires a link cited at its respective subpage to the time it appeared on the Main Page in Template:Did you know, or the associated WP:DYK archive at Wikipedia:Recent additions. edit   My past Old accounts User:Piper Stone User:Clonortus b Pages created with old accounts Scott Diddams 20:57, May 16, 2004 (a vanity article for my uncle) Downtown Seattle 02:09, April 18, 2004 Northern Meeting 21:25, October 16, 2004 Alessandro Petacchi 23:42, October 3, 2004 edit   Saudi Arabian Selected building Abraj Al Bait, in Mecca, is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. With a height of 601m, it is considered the 2nd tallest building in the world.