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Abu Abbas, 2003 News
a former leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front, was captured in April in Baghdad by U.S. Special Forces troops. In 1985, under Abbas's direction, the group hijacked the…Ahmad Abu Laban Biography
imamBorn: 1946Birthplace: HaifaDied: Feb. 1, 2007 (Copenhagen) Denmark's most promiment Muslim leader. He was at the center of the controversy in 2006…Abu Sabaya, 2002 News
leader of the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf, was killed in June in the Philippines during a clash at sea with government troops, who were being aided by U.S. forces. Abu Sayyaf members have…Abu Abbas 2004 Deaths
Abu AbbasAge: 55 former leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front who organized the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship. During the operation, hijackers…Abu'l Hasan al-Uqlidisi
(Encyclopedia) Abu'l Hasan al-Uqlidisi, c. a.d. 920–c. a.d. 980, Arab mathematician working in Damascus and Baghdad. He wrote (952–53) a treatise on arithmetic and Arabic numerals that is the first…Buraimi
(Encyclopedia) BuraimiBuraimib&oomacr;rīˈmē [key], group of small oases, SE Arabia, on the border between Abu Dhabi and Oman. In the 1950s the area, rich in oil, was claimed by Saudi Arabia.Hagi
(Encyclopedia) Hagi Hagi häˈgē [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the…The Koran/Sura CXI — Abu Lahab
Sura CXI — Abu Lahab Mecca — 5 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful LET the hands of ABU LAHAB[46] perish,and let himself perish! His wealth and his gains shall…Bar-Hebraeus, Gregorius
(Encyclopedia) Bar-Hebraeus, GregoriusBar-Hebraeus, Gregoriusbär-hēbrēˈəs [key], 1226–86, Syrian scholar, bishop of the Jacobite Church. Partly Jewish in ancestry, his original name was Abu-al-Faraj…Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2003 News
Palestinian politician, was named prime minister in March by President Yasir Arafat. Palestinian reformists lauded the appointment, while the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said…Trending
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