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Birth:9th centuryFounder of Zahiriyah order. Khalaf was the founder of a legal school that insisted on the strict following of the literal text (Zahiri) of the Qur'an and Hadis. He founded, in Iraq, the Zahiriyah order that spread to Iran, North Africa and Spain and had its influence for about 500 years.
Birth:1895A Malaysian leader who played an active role in the independence of Malaya. Onn bin Jaffar opposed the British plan of giving equal rights to all people in Malaya, regardless of race or religion, because he thought that giving the economically dominant Chinese and Indian a part in the Government ...
Birth:1235The founder of the Dusuqi order. He probably owed his fame to miracle working. Two festivals are celebrated at Dusuk in his honour and the last one continues for eight days. Ibrahim was born at Dasuk, a village in the Gharbiya district of Egypt.
Birth:20th centuryThe Freedom fighter of Ghadr Party fame in 1911. Lenin remembered him with great respect in his writings.
Birth:1942A former Roman Catholic, David Musa Pidcock became a Muslim in 1975. He is a founder member and since its inception the leader of the Islamic Party of Britain. David Musa Pidcock is also an honorary member of the Economic Research Council and a director of the Institute for Rational Economics. ...
Birth:786A famous saint who was believed to have known the secret of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. It was Zul Nun who gave Sufism its permanent shape. Sufi considered him the originator of their doctrine and number him among their first Qutbs (pivots of the universe). He was the founder of the ...
Birth:1922Bollywood legendary actor widely known by his screen name of Dilip Kumar. Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan) has been a dominant figure for over five decades in an industry where actors spring up like mushrooms and are wiped out of public memory like footprints in the sand. His standing as the ...
Birth:1908An Egyptian feminist, journalist and scholar. Shafiq Durriyah founded the magazine Majallat bint al-Nil and Ittihad Bint al Nil in 1945 and 1948 respectively. She authored Al mar'ah al Misriya and Tatawwur al nahdah al Misriyah. Shafiq was a follower of Huda Sha'rawi, the Egyptian feminist, with whose help Shafiq was able ...
Birth:1872A Turkish general and statesman. He was the first to join the 'Society of Union & progress' also known as 'Young Turks'. He joined the military administration after the revolution of 1908. He was head of the security forces and later on minister of public works, Governor of Syria and was one ...
Birth:1836The pioneer of Urdu novel. Deputy Nazir was a leading proponent of the education of India's Muslim women and he espoused the issue with great determination and persistence against the Muslim establishment of time who considered that women should not be educated. Deputy Nazir had his fingers on the pulse ...
