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Aa Gym (Biography)
Abdullah Gymnastiar ( b. 1962 ) is an Indonesianpreacher popularly known as Aa (elder brother) Gym. Despite minimal orthodox religious education, Gymnastiar attained national ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abd al-Rahman, Aisha (Biography)
(b. 1913 ) Also known as Bint al-Shati . Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic language and literature and Quranic studies. Wrote more than ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdel Rahman, Omar (Biography)
(b. 1938 ) Egyptian religious scholar, spiritual guide of al-Jamaah al-Islamiyyah, and radical Islamist. Accused of leading the Egyptian Jihad Organization, which assassinated President ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdolkarim Soroush (Biography)
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi Abdolkarim Soroush founded one of the most important intellectual movements in Iran. This article traces the development of his thought through three ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics
Abdul Rahman, Tunku (Biography)
First prime minister of independent Malaysia and leader of United Malays National Organization. Was committed to a secularist vision of the Malaysian nation and ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdulhamid II (Biography)
(d. 1918 ) Thirty-fourth Ottoman sultan (r. 1876 – 1909 ). His reign faced overwhelming difficulties: an insolvent treasury, violent nationalist movements in the ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad (Biography)
(d. 1982 ) Kashmiri political leader, twice chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir State in India ( 1948 – 53 , 1975 – 82 ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdulmejid, Sultan (Biography)
(r. 1922 – 24 ) Descendant of Ottoman dynasty installed as caliph by Turkish Grand National Assembly, although not acknowledged as sultan. Appointment led ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abdurrahman Wahid (Biography)
Elected as Indonesia's fourth president in 1999 , Abdurrahman Wahid ( b. 1940 ) is an influential Muslim intellectual leader, as well as a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abdus Salam (Biography)
An unsophisticated home environment notwithstanding, he rapidly outpaced his teachers, who recognized and respected the young boy’s talent for physics and mathematics. Winning a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
ABIM (Subject Entry)
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia or Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement. Founded in 1972 . Major objectives include establishment and propagation of Islamic tenets and principles ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
ABIM (Subject Entry)
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement, ABIM) was officially registered on August 17, 1972, in Selangor state, after operating as a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abu Bakr, Yasin (Biography)
Leader of radical Black Muslim organization Jamaat al-Muslimin in Trinidad. Led July 1990 storming of the parliament building in Port of Spain, taking the ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abu Sayyaf (Subject Entry)
An extremist separatist movement in southern Philippines. Known for cruelty, violence, kidnapping, extortion, and ransom demands. Has targeted foreign tourists in particular. Since spring ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abu Sayyaf Group (Subject Entry)
The Abu Sayyaf Group (Bearer of the Sword or ASG) is a small, violent Islamic separatist group based in the Philippines. It was founded ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abū Zahrah, Muḥammad (Biography)
He was born in El-Mahalla El-Kubra and attended elementary school at the Ahmadi School. He later studied at the Madrasat al-Qadāʾ al-Sharʿī for eight ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics
Abu Zayd, Nasir Hamid (Biography)
Nasir Hamid Abu Zayd ( b. 1943 ) is an Egyptianscholar whose views on the Qurʿān provoked controversy in the 1990s. He was born ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Accountability, Parliament, and Ijtihad (Primary Source)
Pakistan was created in 1947 as a Muslim homeland for South Asians, but its founders disagreed whether the new nation should be organized democratically ...
By: S. M. Zafar
Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) (Subject Entry)
The Justice and Development Party ( JDP ), known in Turkey by its Turkish acronym, AKP ( Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi ), was formed ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Adat (Subject Entry)
One of the most important elements of Islamic society in Southeast Asia is adat (Ar., ʿādāt ), which denotes refined culture and more specifically ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
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