ABU MUSLIM

äˈboo moosˈlĭm, c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banners of the Abbasids against the ruling Umayyad family. In 749 he established Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah, the head of the Abbasid family, as caliph of Islam. Abu Muslim became governor of Khorasan, but the caliph al-Mansur feared his power and treacherously murdered him.

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The Muslim Community in North America
Book by Earle H. Waugh, Baha Abu-Laban, Regula B. Qureshi; University of Alberta Press, 1983
Subjects: Muslims--Canada, Muslims--North America
...New Survival Strategy Baha Abu-Laban The Muslim community...type and national origin of Muslim immigrants. While the early Muslim pioneers came largely from...the Arab world, the postwar Muslim immigrants represent a wide...Eastern religious groups, Muslims have had to adapt to the new...
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The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition
Book by Philip F. Kennedy; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Abu Nuwas--ca. 756-ca. 810--Criticism and interpretation, Arabic poetry--750-1258--History and criticism, Wine in literature
...present an emotional dichotomy. Muslims la tat luba min inda qatilati...significance. Conversely, Abu Nuwas isaratu man tahwa ila...attempt to differentiate between Abu Nuwas and Muslim is to a certain extent corroborated...whilst comparing Muslim and Abu Nuwas, gives preference to...
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Freethinkers of Medieval Islam: Ibn Al-Rawandi, Abu Bakr Al-Razi and Their Impact on Islamic Thought
Book by Sarah Stroumsa; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Free Thought, Philosophy, Islamic, Rawandi, Ahmad Ibn Yahya--9th Cent, Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya--865?-925?
...ta.sy was common among Muslim authors. Thus the hanbalitc...Islam, Urvoy discussed several Muslim personalities: Ibn al- Muqafla, Abu `Isa al-VVarraq, Ibn al-Rdwandi, Abu Bakr al-Razi and Abfil...in his discussion some non-Muslims: Hunayn ibn Ishaq and Hiwi...
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Village on the Euphrates: From Foraging to Farming at Abu Hureyra
Book by A. M. T. Moore, G. C. Hillman, A. J. Legge; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Abu Hureyra, Tall (Syria), Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria, Neolithic period--Syria, Syria--Antiquities
...Republic for their invitation to excavate Abu Hureyra and their continued support during...Radwan Sharaf, Majid Musli, and Mohammed Muslim, gave us every assistance.Our success...labor of our workers from the village of Abu Hureyra. We express our particular thanks...
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Race, Masculinity and Schooling: Muslim Boys and Education
Book by Louise Archer; Open University Press, 2003
Subjects: Boys--Education (Secondary)--Great Britain, Masculinity--Religious Aspects--Islam, Minorities--Education (Secondary)--Great Britain, Muslim Children--Education (Secondary)--Great Britain, Muslim Students--Education (Secondary)--Great Britain
...widespread popular fascination with Muslim masculinity. At the time of...loyalties of Britains mainstream Muslim communities. In the aftermath...been peppered with dangerous Muslim men, such as Saddam Hussain...Laden and, closer to home, Abu Hamza (the London-based Muslim...
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Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity: Abu 'Isa Al-Warraq's "Against the Incarnation."
Journal article by Gabriel Said Reynolds; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity: Abu 'Isa al-Warraq's "Against the Incarnation." (Book)--Book reviews
...relation of Christians and Muslims in the Islamic world of Abu Isas day. Thomas argues convincingly that while Muslim and Christian scholars...Mutazili doctrine. Abu Isa, from the historical...the Arabic writings of Muslims and Christians in Abu Isas era on the Incarnation. On the Muslim side he considers the...
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The Last Days of Al-ghazzali and the Tripartite Division of the Sufi World: Abu Hamid Al-ghazzali's Letter to the Seljuq Vizier and Commentary
Journal article by Jonathan A. C Brown; The Muslim World, Vol. 96, 2006
Subjects: Baghdad Iraq, Islam, Letters, Mysticism, Religion & politics, Religious history, Social classes, al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid
...rector of the school, Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali...from the wider milieu of Muslim high culture. Representing...of his seminal career. Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali...minority and common masses in Muslim society.55 Most of the...437/1045) Risdla, Abu Nuaym al-Isbahanis...
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ABU MUSLIM'S CONQUEST OF KHURASAN: PRELIMINARIES AND STRATEGY IN A CONFUSING PASSAGE OF THE AKHBAR AL-DAWLAH AL-[ABBASIYYAH.Sup.[Subset
Journal article by Saleh Said Agha; Vol. 120, 2000
Subjects: Historical lexicology--Research, Iran--History, Military strategy--Analysis, Revolutions--History
...would come to you. 14 and Abu Muslims immediate implementation of it: So Abu Muslim spread messengers in the villages...reinforcements, nor because Abu Muslim could spare them. The slaves presence in Abu Muslims ranks in Marw, where the battle...
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The Influence of Mawdudi's Thought on Muslims in Southeast Asia: a Brief Survey
Journal article by M. Kamal Hassan; The Muslim World, Vol. 93, 2003
Subjects: Islam, Mawdudi, Mawlana Sayyid Abu al-A la, Muslims, Scholars, Social impact, Southeast Asia, Theology
...countries, which consist of (a) Muslim majority countries, i.e., Indonesia (85 percent Muslims out of a population of about 213...aimed at uniting the Malays - who are Muslims by definition - and liberating the Muslim country from British colonialism and...Islam as a way of life for Vietnamese Muslims, it should come primarily from Muslim students who are now studying in Islamic...
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A Tribute to Mawlana Mawdudi from an Autobiographical Point of View
Journal article by Malik B. Badri; The Muslim World, Vol. 93, 2003
Subjects: Islam, Jamaati-Islami-Pakistan, Leadership, Mawdudi, Mawlana Sayyid Abu al-A la, Muslims, Personal profiles, Political parties, Scholars, Theology
...referred to the hadtth authenticated by Muslims in which the Prophet says that the one...Jamaah will die as a Jahili(non-Muslim) and that those who strive to create...unequivocal in his valuable book, Let us be Muslims. He writes in a section indicatively...are the only ones that differentiate a Muslim from a kafir. He says: The two things that separate Muslims and kafirs are, therefore, knowledge...
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Muslim American Aspects
Magazine article by Abu Ali Bafaquih; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 35, July 2006
Subjects: Conferences, Interfaith relationships, Minority & ethnic groups, Muslims, Traditions
Muslim American Aspects by Abu Ali Bafaquih Muslims and Islam continue to...experiences of diasporic Muslim females", highlighting how second generation Muslim women are expressing...Defusing Americas Fear of Muslims". Dr. Unus (director...
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An American Dreyfus Affair: the Case of Mousa Abu Marzook
Magazine article by Richard H; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XV, May 31, 1997
Subjects: Correctional institutions, Crime, Marzook, Mousa Abu, New York, NY, Political parties, Politics, Prisoners, Prisons, Virginia
...be seen is whether the Abu Marzook case also will...Americas eight million Muslim citizens that if one...rights under the law for Muslims in this country. What...one sentence by Dr. Abu Marzook himself: "A Palestinian and a Muslim cannot expect the same...case proves his point. Abu Marzook is a quiet...
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Abu Nidal: "nationalist Turned Psychopath"?
Magazine article by Sami Moubayed; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 21, November 2002
Subjects: Abu Nidal, Arab countries, Assassinations & assassination attempts, Crime, Government, International relations, Personal profiles, Terrorism
...their war against Lebanons Muslims, and unleashed Abu Nidal on the Syrians...Palestinian commandos in 1970, Abu Nidal blew up Syrian embassies...government. From Damascus, Abu Nidal provided his new...with information on the Muslim Brotherhood, who were...
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Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan 1918-2004: President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Magazine article by Pat Lancaster; The Middle East, December 2004
Subjects: Presidents, Presidents (Government), Zayed, Sheik of Abu Dhabi
...President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. by Pat Lancaster THE DEATH OF SHEIKH ZAYED IN THE MUSLIM holy month of Ramadan marks the...the former Trucial states of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman...Oil was first exported from Abu Dhabi in 1962. Before its commercial...
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Maad Abu-ghazalah Challenges Tom Lantos for Congressional Seat
Magazine article by Elaine Pasquini; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 21, May 2002
Subjects: Abu-Ghazalah, Maad, California, Campaigns, Federal government, Lantos, Thomas, Political campaigns, Politics
...differences between challenger Abu Ghazalah and incumbent Lantos...ideology and political agenda--Abu-Ghazalahs campaign has garnered...his candidacy at the American Muslim Alliance conference in San Jose...intifada in September 2000, Abu-Ghazalah wrote an article criticizing...
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Terrorise the Non-Believers, Freed Preacher Tells Muslims; Abu Qatada: His Book Is 'An Affront to All Decent People'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 19, 2008
Subjects: Al-Qaeda, Books, Muslims
...Freed Preacher Tells Muslims; Abu Qatada: His Book Is An Affront...Wright SUSPECTED Al Qaeda leader Abu Qatada is celebrating his release...of a book in which he urges Muslims to commit terroristattacks...individual obligation upon every Muslim. He says Muslims should prepare to terrorise...
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It's Okay to Murder a Non-Muslim for No Reason; ABU HAMZA'S CHILLING INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS FOLLOWERS ARE PLAYED TO A JURY
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 14, 2006
Subjects: Murder, Muslims
Its Okay to Murder a Non-Muslim for No Reason; ABU HAMZAS CHILLING INSTRUCTIONS...GREENHILL THE murder of non-Muslims is justified even if there is no reason, Abu Hamza instructed his followers...adulterer, even if he is a Muslim, is OK. Killing a Kaffir...
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Last Week, the Mail's Peter Oborne Provoked a Storm by Arguing Britain Is Anti- Muslim. in an Equally Article, MELANIE PHILLIPS Argues the Opposite: That This Country Is So Pro-Muslim We Are Giving Succour to the Extremists Who Would Destroy Us; Bailed: Extremist Cleric Abu Qatada Successfully Fought Deportation
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 8, 2008
Subjects: Muslims
...Bailed: Extremist Cleric Abu Qatada Successfully Fought...radicalisation within Britains Muslim community bywinning hearts...it doesnt understand what Muslim extremism is.Believing that...reason so many older British Muslims are traditionally moderate...that Britain was developing Muslim nogo areas, he wasdenounced...with large concentrations of Muslims increasinglyintimidating non...
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PREACHER OF MURDER AND RACE HATRED; ABU HAMZA TRIAL..ABU HAMZA TRIAL.. Muslim Cleric Spoke of 'Duty to Kill', Court Told
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 12, 2006
Subjects: Perry, David
...HATRED; ABU HAMZA TRIAL..ABU HAMZA TRIAL.. Muslim Cleric...Told. Byline: By Pat Clarke MUSLIM preacher Abu Hamza told his followers it...said: "The defendant, Sheik Abu Hamza, was preaching murder...murder Jews and other non-Muslims, and four counts of "using...
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Next 9/11 in Britain Warn Banned Muslim Militants; Warning: Abu Saalihah, Anjem Choudary and a Supporter at the East London Meeting. Mr Choudary's Speech Criticised the Government for "Persecuting Innocent Muslims" Voice of Hate: Exiled Cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed Addressed the Meeting by Video Link from Lebanon. His Appearance Was Greeted with Cheers
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 12, 2008
Subjects: Islamic militants, bin Laden, Osama
...Britain Warn Banned Muslim Militants; Warning: Abu Saalihah, Anjem...Persecuting Innocent Muslims" Voice of Hate...address to the young Muslim men that made up...persecuting "innocent Muslims", naming Bakri, Abu Hamza, Abu Qatada...They jailed Sheikh Abu Qatada in Belmarsh...and laughing that Muslim families in places...
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encyclopedia articles on: Abu Muslim  - 25 results

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Abu Muslim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABU MUSLIM a boo moos lim, c.728 755, Persian leader...ruling Umayyad family. In 749 he established Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah, the head of the Abbasid family, as caliph of Islam. Abu Muslim became governor of Khorasan, but the...
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Abu Al-Abbas As-Saffah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABU AL-ABBAS AS-SAFFAH a boo al-abas as-safa , d. 754, 1st Abbasid caliph (749 54). Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim , he took the reign name as-Saffah shedder of blood. Most of the Umayyad...
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Abu Hanifa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABU HANIFA aboo hane fa, 699 767, Muslim jurist. He founded the Hanafite system of Islamic jurisprudence, which gives the judge considerable discretion when the Quran...
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Abbasid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...faction in opposing the Umayyads, and in 747 the gifted Abu Muslim united most of the empire in revolt against the Umayyads. The head of the Abbasid family became caliph as Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah late in 749. The last Umayyad caliph...
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Khorasan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Neyshabur. It is mainly mountainous and arid. Khorasan was occupied by the Arabs in the mid-7th cent., and Abu Muslim began (8th cent.) his campaign against the Umayyads there. The province contributed to the power of the early Abbasid...
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