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    Abu Dhabi (UK: /ˌæbuːˈdæbi/, US: /ˌɑːbuːˈdɑːbi/; Arabic: أَبُو ظَبِي ʾAbū Ẓabī Arabic pronunciation: [ɐˈbuˈðˤɑbi]) is the capital city of the United Arab...
    117 KB (10,562 words) - 01:53, 14 May 2024
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    under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himself in a mountain...
    172 KB (20,352 words) - 16:35, 21 May 2024
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    origins were in the Jai'sh al-Taifa al-Mansurah organization founded by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in 2004, which fought alongside Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi...
    300 KB (24,644 words) - 16:50, 21 May 2024
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    Asian. Islam is the official religion and Arabic is the official language. Abu Dhabi is the country's capital, while Dubai, the most populous city, is an...
    237 KB (20,983 words) - 19:48, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
    series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical...
    141 KB (14,847 words) - 21:57, 16 May 2024
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    Ali (redirect from Ali ibn Abu Talib)
    caliph who ruled from 656 to 661, as well as the first Shia imam. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad, a young Ali was raised by...
    141 KB (15,093 words) - 14:41, 14 May 2024
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    met al-Biruni (a famous scientist and astronomer), Abu Nasr Mansur (a renowned mathematician), Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi (a respected philosopher)...
    114 KB (13,286 words) - 14:33, 19 May 2024
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    Quḥāfa; c. 573 – August 634), commonly known by his kunya Abu Bakr (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْر, romanized: Abū Bakr), was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his...
    74 KB (10,073 words) - 09:58, 19 May 2024
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    Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from...
    235 KB (25,943 words) - 14:46, 22 May 2024
  • Muhammad left no successor and the participants of the Saqifah event appointed Abu Bakr as the next-in-line (the first caliph). This contrasts with the Shia...
    135 KB (17,497 words) - 12:10, 18 May 2024
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    2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أبو بكر البغدادي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Baghdādī), was an Iraqi militant who...
    173 KB (15,503 words) - 10:40, 16 May 2024
  • Aisha (redirect from Aisha binte Abu Bakr)
    luminaries such as al-Zuhri and her student Urwa ibn al-Zubayr. Her father, Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), became the first caliph to succeed Muhammad, and after...
    55 KB (6,411 words) - 04:41, 20 May 2024
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    Umar (redirect from Abu Shahma)
    was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar...
    91 KB (12,268 words) - 05:23, 4 May 2024
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    Yasser Arafat (redirect from Abu Ammar)
    24: 269  August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine...
    133 KB (14,326 words) - 13:39, 15 May 2024
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    Rumi (category Abu Bakr)
    Ibadetname and Shamsuddin Aflaki (c.1286 to 1291), Rumi was a descendant of Abu Bakr. Some modern scholars, however, reject this claim and state it does...
    88 KB (10,922 words) - 09:30, 18 May 2024
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    gatherings of dhikr, one of the most prominent companion among them was Abu Hurayra. These men and women who sat at al-Masjid an-Nabawi are considered...
    164 KB (19,218 words) - 08:54, 21 May 2024
  • that Muhammad did not appoint a successor before his death and consider Abū Bakr, who was appointed caliph by a group of Muhammad's other companions...
    145 KB (14,077 words) - 16:36, 17 May 2024
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    national airline of United Arab Emirates. Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Zayed International Airport. The airline commenced operations...
    64 KB (5,846 words) - 07:32, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ ٱلزَّرْقَاوِيُّ, ’Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, Father of Musab, from Zarqa; English pronunciation; October 30, 1966...
    158 KB (17,045 words) - 05:12, 9 May 2024
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    Mahmoud Abbas (redirect from Abu Mazen)
    ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (Arabic: أَبُو مَازِن, ʾAbū Māzin), is the president of the State of Palestine and the...
    77 KB (7,590 words) - 23:31, 3 May 2024
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