How Islamic State used video to legitimise its caliphate
The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...
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A simple illustrated guide to Ramadan, answers to 10 common questions
The Quran was revealed in Arabic and it comprises: 30 sections, 114 chapters, 6,236 verses and 77,432 words. It mentions Ramadan in the second chapter (Chapter 2, verse 185) with the prescribed rules ...
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Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam
The only question was: could the Nation of Islam have two leaders? A traveling silk seller named W.D. Fard appeared in the Detroit ghetto on July 4, 1930. Fard said he had come from Mecca ...
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Medieval Islamic civilisations
By the 1300s, many people converted to Islam in southern India, Indonesia and Malaysia. Muslim scholars collected and translated books from across the known world. In Baghdad, the Abbasid caliph ...
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How Early Islamic Science Advanced Medicine
Queen Toda approached Córdoba’s great ruler, the caliph ’Abd al-Rahman III ... attitudes were based on the words of the founder of Islam: “Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has ...
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Where was the early Islamic Civilisation?
Who was the caliph? Activity: Quiz – Introduction to ... It was made up of areas in the world that practised Islam. Religion played an important role in society. Courtyard of Ibn Tulun mosque ...