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Name: Abu Bakr
Birth Date: c. 573
Death Date: August, 634
Place of Birth: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi
Gender: Male
Occupations: caliph, leader

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Biography of Abu Bakr
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Abu Bakr (ca. 573-634) was the first caliph, or successor of Mohammed as ruler of the Arab state. He held together the political structure created by Mohammed at Medina, defeated separatist revolts, and initiated the expansion of Islam into Syria and...


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AbÅ« Bakr as-SiddÄ«q (c. 573–August 23, 634/13 AH) was a companion of and the first Muslim ruler after Muhammad (632–634). Sunnis regard him as his rightful successor (caliph) and the first of four righteous Caliphs (Rashidun). The Shi'a believe he...


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Abu Bakr : The Qur‘an
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Abu Bakr b.Abi Quhafa, was from the clan of Taym, part of the powerful tribe of Quraysh. Born around 572 CE in Mecca (he was roughly three years younger than Muhammad), Abu Bakr was a wealthy merchant before his conversion to Islam and was renowned as...
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Abū Bakr Summary
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ABŪ BAKR (c. 572–634) was the first Caliph and close companion of the Prophet and founder of the Islamic Empire. In the classical Arab tradition a person is given an ism (name), kunyah (an agnomen consisting of Abū [father]...
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AbÅ« Bakr (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق, Abu Bakr as-Sâdiq) (c. 573–August 23 634/13 AH)[1] was an early convert to Islam and a senior companion (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Throughout his life, Abu Bakr remained the closest...


News and Journals
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
The death of an ideal leader: predictions and premonitions.(Caliph Abu Bakr)
01/01/2006: 10,143 words, approx. 34 pages
The three caliphs who ruled after Abu Bakr--'Umar, 'Uthman and 'Ali, all four known collectively as al-Rashidun, the rightly guided--were assassinated. 'Umar's murder in Medina, after a ten-year caliphate (13-23/635-644), was the first of the three, and seems to have been the most...
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Rawandi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and their Impact on Islamic Thought.(Review)
01/01/2001: 657 words, approx. 2 pages
Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Rawandi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and their Impact on Islamic Thought. By SARAH STROUMSA. Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science, vol. 35 Leiden: BRILL, 1999. Pp. xii + 261. HFI 135, $79.50. In this well-written book, Dr. Sarah Stroumsa...
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AP News
Trinidad group denies terror plot link
6/4/2007: 771 words, approx. 3 pages
The leader of a radical Trinidadian Muslim organization said Monday his group had no connection to four men accused of planning to attack New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.Yasin Abu Bakr, the leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen, told The Associated Press he knew nothing...
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Trinidad Islamic group under scrutiny
6/4/2007: 916 words, approx. 3 pages
A radical Islamic group known for launching a bloody 1990 coup attempt in Trinidad faced growing scrutiny at home and abroad well before an alleged U.S. terrorist plot focused new attention on it.The four suspects named on Saturday in the plot to attack John F....
 


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