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...ia Islam was published in the summer of 1999, four-thousand English copies have been distributed and sold to Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States of America and abroad. The book was also published in various languages. The need still exists for a better understanding about the traditions and followers of the Ahlul Bayt, and thus a revised second edition of th...

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...Table of Contents Introduction Introduction to Second Edition Who are the Shi‘a? The Five Schools of Islamic Thought Ja‘fari Hanafi Maliki Shafi;i Hanbali Imamah Quranic Evidence for the Divine Ordination of the Imam Seven Categories of Verses of Allah’s Government in Quran (1) The Verses of Kingdom: (2) The V...

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...he World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet thei... ...9 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257 Vanuatu 259 Vatican City 260 Venezuela 261 Vietnam... ... of Yemen (South Yemen) UAE United Arab Emirates UK United Kingdom US United States USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) YAR Yemen ... ... insurance, and freight est. estimate Ex-Im Export-Import Bank of the United States f.o.b. free on board GDP gross domestic product GNP gross national... ...t Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDE Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, ITU, NAM, UN, UN... ...Arab League, ASSIMER, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDE Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, International Le... ...onal monarchy; independent since 1971 Capital: Manama Legal system: based on Islamic law and English common law; constitution went into effect in Dece... ...ble Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), GCC, IBRD, ICAO, IDE Islamic Development Bank, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, QIC, ... ...an presidential system, and changed by proclamation in April 1977 to reflect Islamic character of nation; further change, by proclamation in December ...

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...ndrous invention. Paper and print nourish China’s awakening, which dazzles Marco Polo. -- 7. Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West-One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing of Allah. Islam saves classic wisdom and passes China’s wasp secret to the West. -- 8. Charlemagne and Medieval Europe-The illiterate warrior-king bri...

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...arco Polo. 7. Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing... ...ain control over regions large enough to grow into the world‘s first city-states. Temples, such as those in Ur, Babylon, and Nineveh, towered over... ... and summon them for service when needed. After he conquered all the city-states in Mesopotamia, the king initiated a series of reforms to pave the ... ... to his scribes that provided uniform justice for all the Babylonian city-states and covered many aspects of daily life. Records of landholding r... ...ng the first paper mill outside of China‘s control. From Samarkand, the Islamic paper trail crept slowly westward. Muslim freebooters conquered Cr... ...Cairo was making paper by the tenth century; then it was on to Tunisia and Islamic Spain by the eleventh. Papermaking reached Italy by way of Sici... ...pe didn‘t take up paper until the fourteenth century. Both Hebrew and Islamic scripture had been written on parchment, and both religions hesita... ...alled it an infidel technology and slowed the flow of paper into Europe. Islamic Golden Age takes root Under Koran‘s teachings, however, Muslim s... ... far easier them to carry out that mandate. Under Abbasid caliphs, the Islamic Golden Age took root in the ninth century, and—until the Mongols s...

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...o see you in this sort of freedom, any longer," seem to keep on echoing every now and then, "So, Let's bid 'Adieu'!" Then, he had saluted her, in the Islamic fashion, to the dismay of this friend of him, before turning his back to her, in the very presence of Mr. Tinsukhia, head of the foundation for the `Pragmatic Socialism`. ......... "Kavita Ji, I find myself short ...

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...o see you in this sort of freedom, any longer," seem to keep on echoing every now and then, "So, Let's bid 'Adieu'!" Then, he had saluted her, in the Islamic fashion, to the dismay of this friend of him, before turning his back to her, in the very presence of Mr. Tinsukhia, head of the foundation for the `Pragmatic Socialism`. ......... "Kavita Ji, I find myself short ...

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...problems. The vitamin A in butter was not present in the margarine. So they began to add the vitamin to margarine. In the mid-1940s the United States... ... 43 a bomb for a turban. Most people in the West, Muslims included, had abhorred what they saw as senseless killings of innocent people by Islami... ... 49 ―In the famous Texas polygamy case the prophet controlled everyone. He even sent husbands to other states... ...the modern world? Was the rape or the underage marriage of the girls in their best interest? What about the proven incestual environment? Most states... ...itiate sharia law for the country—at least for the British Muslims. ―Shi‘ites and Sunnis split early in Islami... ... citizens. I sincerely feel that my government is fostering mental illness when it does not require people to work for pay. A few counties and states... ... to have these problems.‖ —―We guard against them. We have seen what has often happened in the Netherlands, Scandinavia and the United States... ...ul or forgiving behaviors that the Bible and Koran demand?‖ —―Ray, you know that the Catholics have used the same rationalizations as the Islami...

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...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan divis...

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...land Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM E...

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...TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 ... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...5 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactic... ...ort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table of Names... ...t and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consi... ... London to publish what they termed a fatwa issued in the name of a “World Islamic Front.”A fatwa is normally an inter- pretation of Islamic law by a ... ...ont.”A fatwa is normally an inter- pretation of Islamic law by a respected Islamic authority , but neither Bin Ladin, Zawahiri, nor the three others w... ... Zawahiri, nor the three others who signed this statement were scholars of Islamic law. Claiming that America had declared war against God and his mes... ...itary or civilian.As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.” Note: Islamic names often do not follow the Western practice of the consistent us...