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Mehmet Ali Agca, 2000 News

was pardoned by Italy's president in June for his 1981 attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Agca returned to Turkey, where he was imprisoned for the murder of a newspaper editor. It…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2006 News

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a writer and activist, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia on November 13, 1969. Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a leader of Somalia's Revolution and jailed soon after her birth…

Wassef Ali Hassoun, 2004 News

Lebanese-born U.S. Marine, turned up at the American Embassy in Beirut three weeks after he was declared missing from his unit in Iraq. News reports variously said he was kidnapped, beheaded…

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Biography

Nusrat Fateh Ali KhansingerBorn: 10/13/1948Birthplace: Lyallpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan Called “Shahen-Shah-e-Qawwali” (The Brightest Star in Qawwali), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a world…

Khamenei, Ali

(Encyclopedia) Khamenei, Ali (Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei)Khamenei, Alimōhämädˈ älēˈ hōsānˈ khamānāēˈ [key], 1939–, Iranian religious and political leader, b. Mashhad. A Shiite Islamic cleric who…

Babism

(Encyclopedia) BabismBabismbäˈbĭzəm [key], system of doctrines proclaimed in Persia in 1844 by Ali Muhammad of Shiraz. Influenced by the Shaykhi Shiite theology that viewed the Twelve Imams as…

Navarino, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Navarino, battle ofNavarino, battle ofnävärēˈnō [key], 1827, naval battle resulting from the intervention of the European powers in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman…

Abu Bakr

(Encyclopedia) Abu BakrAbu Bakräˈb&oomacr; bäkˈər [key], 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's…

Ibrahim Pasha

(Encyclopedia) Ibrahim PashaIbrahim Pashaēbrähēmˈ päˈshä [key], 1789–1848, Egyptian general. He was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, governor of Egypt under the Ottoman Empire. Ibrahim conducted (1816…

caliphate

(Encyclopedia) caliphatecaliphatekălˈĭfātˌ, –fĭt [key], the rulership of Islam; caliphcaliphkălˈĭfˌ [key], the spiritual head and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. In principle, Islam is…