AbŪ Bakr
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 ...
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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, a...
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AMMAN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Jordan's
parliamentary elections showed the opposition Islamist party
lost more than half its seats in an election it said was marred
by fraud. I...
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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 ...
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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.T...
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A Trinidadian suspect in an alleged plot to ignite a fuel pipeline feeding New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport once belonged to a radical Islamist group here, a spokesman for the group...
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A Yemeni court convicted Wednesday 32 al-Qaida suspects of planning attacks on oil and gas installations in the country, sentencing them to prison terms of up to 15 years. Four others were acquitte...
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Fatah's old demons _ lack of leadership, petty quarreling, corruption _ have contributed to its dismal showing in the fight against Hamas in Gaza.While the disciplined Hamas systematically built an...
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A look at the past and current influence of Shiite Muslims:___HISTORY _ A dispute over succession after the Prophet Muhammad's death in 632 split the Muslim world into Sunni and Shiite branches. Sh...
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Supporters of King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally, handily defeated the country's Islamist opposition in parliamentary elections, dropping their number of parliament seats by nearly two-thirds, fin...
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Amman (dpa) - Official results of Jordan's parliamentary elections
as declared by Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez Wednesday showed that
Islamists have received a severe blow ...
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Abū Bakr
Abu Bakr
Islamists lose seats in Jordanian elections
