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    in the early seventh century‚ many Sabaean and Himyarite people migrated out of the land of Yemen to North Africa and the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula following the destruction of the Ma’rib Dam (sadd Ma’rib). In the 7th century‚ Islamic caliphs began to exert control over the area. After the caliphate broke up‚ the former North Yemen came under the control of imams of various dynasties‚ usually of the Zaidi sect‚ who established a theocratic Zaidi political structure that survived until

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    19 Mongol Study Guide

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    # 19 Mongol Study Guide WHY DID THE MONGOLS COME TO POWER? The Mongols came to power under the rule of Chinggis Kahn due to Chinggis partnering up with a more powerful nomad group who owed his tribe a favor. With the aid of another group‚ he sought revenge on the tribe who enslaved him. After winning several attacks‚ Chinggis began gaining a good reputation which culminated into multiple groups appointing him the khagan‚ supreme leader‚ over the Mongols in 1206‚ which led to the Mongols uniting

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    PROHIBITION OF RIBA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FOUR MAIN SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT Introduction In the comprehensive and restrictive meaning‚ riba is defined as “any increment incurred upon specific ribawi (usurious) items originated either from debt or trading transactions”. Apart from its literal meaning of “increase”‚ classical Islamic scholars such as Ibn Arabi‚ Mujahid and Tabari interpreted riba as an ‘increase without wealth (mal) attached to it’‚ or as ‘compensation for waiting’ or ‘increase

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    Mongol Conquest Of Islam

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    Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world‚ consisting of 1.6 billion in 2010 with the projected growth of 2.76 billion in 2050 . Islam originated in Mecca‚ Saudi Arabia in the seventh century. The Arabic word “jihad” is translated as struggling or striving . It is most often associated with the concept of a spiritual or “holy war”. It is a religious duty used to portray a believer’s devotion to Islam. Throughout history the spread of Islam has been categorized between three periods‚ most

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    The Mongols ruled China and Russia‚ yet the effect of their rule in China and Russia‚ while in some ways similar‚ was quite different‚ politically and economically. Genghis Khan‚ born in the 1770s‚ was elected khagan (a title of imperial rank) of all Mongol tribes in 1206. Kubilai Khan‚ Genghis Khan’s grandson‚ was the commander of the Mongol forces responsible for the conquest of China; he became khagan in 1260. Kubilai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty. Batu‚ the ruler of the Golden Horde of the dynasty

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    1. How did ibn Khaldun define medicine? Ibn Khaldun identified this science as an industry that considers human body in terms of sickness and heath‚ so specialists in this career will try to preserve the heath and cure the illness by drugs and foods after they recognize the diseases that are related to every organ in the body and the reasons that cause those diseases and the medication associated with them. 2. Before modern medicine‚ Arabs knew two different types of medicine‚ what kinds of medicine

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    Khalid Ibn El Waleed

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    2013 | Leadership | | Cohort Five Mohamed Abd El-Aziz El-behery | [Khalid ibn Al waleed] | I am the pillar of Islam! ‚ I am the Companion of the Prophet! ‚ I am the noble warrior‚ I’m Khalid bin Al Waleed! | Under supervision of Professor doctor: Ali Mosalam Abstract "What an excellent slave of Allah: Khalid Ibn al-Walled‚ one of the swords of Allah‚ unleashed against the unbelievers!" [Prophet Muhammad (BPUH)]‚ those great words were said by the prophet regarding

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    The Qur’an is the word of God as it was given to Muhammad. Critically assess this statement. The Qur’an is considered the word of God by Muslims. The Islamic faith believes that the stories within the book were sent to the lowest of the seventh heavens by Allah‚ during the time of Ramadan‚ and revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over a period of time in instalments. A question that is often asked regarding the Qur’an is if its contents are recorded as they were once delivered to Muhammad or does

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    came to be used as a means to humble the non-Muslims‚ and a number of laws and restrictions evolved to emphasize their inferior status. Under the early orthodox caliphs‚ as long as the non-Muslims paid their taxes and adhered to the dhimmi laws‚ administrators were enjoined to leave non-Muslims "in their religion and their land." (Caliph Abu Bakr‚ qtd. in Boyce 1979‚ p.

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    Democracy or Dictatorship It is very unfortunate that after 63 years of creation of Pakistan added to the 200 years of struggle against foreign intruders‚ we are still debating over Democracy and Dictatorship is Pakistan. We were able to get an independent state but failed to give freedom‚ equality‚ tolerance‚ social justice and democracy to its people. Iqbal’s Pakistan was never achieved; we got Jinnah’s Pakistan but lost part of it in 1971. It’s up to us whether we blame it on failed democracy

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