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Bukhari, Muhammad ibn Ismail, al-

(Encyclopedia) Bukhari, Muhammad ibn Ismail, al-Bukhari, Muhammad ibn Ismail, al-b&oomacr;k-härēˈ [key] (c.810–70), Arabic scholar, b. Bukhara. He traveled widely over Muslim regions and made an…

Mwinyi, Ali Hassan

(Encyclopedia) Mwinyi, Ali Hassan, 1925–, Tanzanian political leader. Entering politics in 1963, Mwinyi held government positions in Zanzibar, then several Tanzanian government posts (1970–84),…

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…

Mohammed

(Encyclopedia) Mohammed. For persons thus named, use Muhammad.

Mehemet

(Encyclopedia) Mehemet. For persons thus named, use Muhammad.

Louisville

(Encyclopedia) LouisvilleLouisvillel&oomacr;ˈēvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 269,063), seat of Jefferson co., NW Ky., at the Falls of the Ohio; inc. 1780. It is the largest city in Kentucky, a port…