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There are some who believe that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) founded Islam and Muslims worship him as well as Allah. More
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Alija Ali Izetbegovic (1925 - 2003) was a former lawyer who led his Bosnian people to victory after four years of war between the local ethnic groups. A lifelong opponent of communism, he was imprisoned for his Islamic convictions in 1946–48 and 1983–88 by the totalitarian regime in Yugoslavia. More
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Imam Harun’s fight against racism has deep repercussions not only in South Africa but also in the rest of the continent. He worked relentlessly for the emancipation of Malay Muslims who had been slaves for the last 300 years. More
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From 1405 until 1433, Zheng He led 7 great maritime expeditions. He crossed the great oceans and seas several times. From the South China Sea to the east coast of Africa, passing through the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. More
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Wasil ibn Ata (d. 749 CE) combined, developed and articulated the Qadariya Schools into a coherent philosophy, which came to be known as the Mu’tazilah School. More
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Al Kindi was witness to the turbulence caused in the Islamic world by the introduction of Greek philosophy and its ultimate rejection in favor of empirical science. More
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In Ibn Khaldunian paradigm, history is an independent field which necessitates some prerequisite attitudes in handling with the past. More
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Ibn Khaldun relies on laws so much, and to him, these laws hold true for all the societies sharing the same features. More
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Ibn Khaldun was a Muslim, a member of Islamic community, and lived in an age when Islamic thinking was its highest caliber. More
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Ibn Khaldun displays a very distinctive and assertive methodology. He keeps criticizing the former historians like Tabari, Mas’udi for their faults in writing the history of their field of interest, claiming that what he has achieved has no correspondent before. More






