Omar ibn al-Khattab (died 644) was the second caliph of the Moslems and directed the spectacular Arab conquests and organized the Arab Empire. Because Omar was one of the most adamant opponents of Mohammed's preaching in Mecca, his dramatically sudden...

ʿUMAR IBN AL-KHAṬṬĀB (assassinated AH 23/644 CE), second caliph and founder of the Muslim Arab empire. Born in pagan Mecca, he accepted the mission of Muḥammad as God's prophet before the emigration (hijrah) of...

`Umar ibn al-Khattāb (in Arabic, عمر بن الخطاب) (c. 581 – November 7, 644), was an early Muslim convert from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe,[1] and a companion of Muhammad. He became the second Caliph (634 – 644)...

Economic Review: How do you foresee the future of Labour-Management Relations in Pakistan? Farooq Umar: The expansion of education, rise in standard of living and desire towards a more liberal way of life. These tendencies will automatically shift certain issues from the...

"Education is about opening doors, opening minds, opening possibilities."1 This article aims to explore how education has opened "doors" "minds" and "possibilities" for the resurgence of Islamic radicalism in post-Suharto Indonesia through the case of Ja'far Umar Thalib, founder and leader of Laskar Jihad...

Before hip hop and Def Poetry Jam there was The Last Poets. Their chapter would fall somewhere between Amiri Baraka and Africa Bambatta in the chronicle of the spoken word. The legendary lyricists shocked young Black America into social consciousness during the civil rights era...

Flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains has forced more than 20,000 people to flee their homes in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, officials said Wednesday.Flooding was also reported in the neighboring states of Malacca and Negeri Sembilan, but the situation there was not as...