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... that Nigeria's Muslim–Muslim ticket challenges the norm of religious balance in politics?
... that in
Zaydi Shi'ism, the imamate was not inherited or appointed but had to be claimed by public summons for allegiance or even leadership of an armed revolt?
... that Muslims believe that giving to the poor on the last Friday of Ramadan(prayers pictured) will bring them wealth and blessings during the year and in the future?
... that
Akram Nadwi addressed the lack of Islamic women scholars highlighted in a Time article by composing al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, a 43-volume work with more than 10,000 entries?
... that opening a Falnama on a painting of the queen of the fairies (example pictured) meant a prediction of good fortune?
... that in his 2000 book,
Michael Cook argues that the West prefers to "rescue" people after wrongdoing has occurred, while Muslims prefer to "forbid wrong"?
... that Khalwa(pupils pictured) is an educational institute that tackles illiteracy in Sudan and neighbouring countries?
... that Urwa ibn al-Zubayr has been called the founder of Islamic historiography?
... that medieval Muslim historians blamed al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah for the loss of much of
Palestine to the
crusaders but, in reality, he played no role in the
Fatimid government during that period?
... that the last
Fatimid caliph, al-Adid, came to the throne as a child, was dominated by his
viziers, and died a few days after
Saladin abolished the Fatimid regime?
... that "What do you hope to achieve with this?" were the last words of the Nigerian college student Deborah Yakubu while being lynched for alleged
blasphemy?
... that the Göğceli Mosque(pictured) in Turkey, constructed in 1206 with stacked
planks without using nails, is still in use?
... that Al-Wishah fi Fawa'id al-Nikah, a 15th-century Islamic sex manual by Egyptian writer
Al-Suyuti, was based on both traditional hadith literature and material influenced by Indian erotology?
... that Qadi al-Fadil began his career under the
Fatimids, became
Saladin's chief minister, and was renowned for the elegance of his
epistolary writing?
... that during the Battle of the Blacks in August 1169,
Saladin ordered his forces to attack and torch his opponents' quarters, where their wives and children had been left?
... that Da'ud, the heir apparent of the last
Fatimid caliph, spent almost his entire life imprisoned by the succeeding
Ayyubid dynasty?
... that the 13th-century Iplikçi Mosque in Konya, Turkey, contains a
mihrab with traces of mosaic tiling which is the oldest extant example of Anatolian Seljuk art?
... that most of the
Timurid 15th-century Musalla complex(remains pictured) was destroyed in 1885 by the British and the Emir of Afghanistan,
Abdul Rahman Khan?
... that Muhammad Sadiq's photographs were the first ever taken of the Islamic holy sites in
Mecca and
Medina?
... that in his 1683 work Qingzhen Zhinan, Chinese Islamic scholar
Ma Zhu recommended the "official persecution" of
Sufis?
... that the
Taliban secured victory in the Battle of Lashkargah soon after suicide–car-bombing the police headquarters, a crucial chokepoint of the city's defense?
... that the Islamic website Askimam has been called more comprehensive, influential and wide-ranging than the web resources of
al-Azhar and its sympathisers put together?
... that 50 books from a total of over 150 books authored by Pakistani historian Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri are about the Indian scholar and independence activist
Abul Kalam Azad?
... that the 9th-century
Abbasid caliphal-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century
Gothic fantasy novel Vathek?
... that the jibba(pictured), a Sudanese coat, symbolised a dedication to a religious way of life and denoted the military rank of the wearer?
... that in Islamic art, the shamsa is found in places as diverse as on carpets, inside domes (example pictured), and forming the frontispiece of books?
... that according to local legend, the catfish that inhabit the reservoir at the Shah Jalal Dargah(grave pictured) are the cursed and reincarnated soldiers of
Gour Govinda?
... that
Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that Jewish homes in the
Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010?
... that when the wealthy
Abbasid prince Muhammad ibn Sulayman died in 789, government agents found vast quantities of spoilt food in his palace, and dumped it on the street outside?
... that Muhammad al-Qunawi wrote a Turkish edition of
Al-Khalili's tables because, according to him, "some of our sons wanted, from this poor man, to learn about
sine tables"?
... that the
Isma'ili leader Ibn Hawshab had to surrender his son as hostage to a rival, who returned him after a year with a golden necklace as a gift?
... that astronomer Mustafa ibn Ali wrote mostly in
Ottoman Turkish rather than Arabic, in order to make his field more accessible in the Ottoman Empire?
... that the deaths of the leading Muslim commanders in
Syria from the plague of Amwas in 639 paved the way for the establishment of the
Umayyad Caliphate?
... that the
Fatimid military commander Dirgham abandoned his pupil
Ruzzik ibn Tala'i, the
vizier, to be deposed and killed by
Shawar, only to overthrow the latter a few months later?
... that the bypassing of Nizar in the
Fatimid caliphal succession, and his subsequent revolt and execution, led to a split in the
Isma'ili branch of
Shia Islam that lasts to this day?
... that although afarit are not necessarily components of a person, but independent entities, a common belief in
Islamic Egypt associates them with part of a human's soul?
... that the
Fatimid Caliphate prepared their conquest of Egypt in 969 through a long and patient propaganda effort, resulting in it being swift and almost unopposed?
... that when
Osama bin Laden issued his 1998 fatwa proclaiming
jihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
... that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan(
dirhams pictured), the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests in
Khurasan?
... that after the 1924 abolition of the Caliphate(illustration shown), numerous leaders vied unsuccessfully to resurrect the title of caliph for themselves?
... that
Church Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of the angelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6?
... that in 684–85, Caliph Marwan I reestablished
Umayyad authority in Syria and Egypt after its collapse across the caliphate?
... that the followers of Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, the founder of the
Qarmatian state in
Bahrayn, believed that he would return after his death, and kept a saddled horse at the entrance of his tomb?
... that a small group of besieged
Nizari Ismailis in the fortress of Shahdiz refused an offer of a safe withdrawal and fought against the
Seljuk army from tower to tower in a last stand?
... that a letter authored by Ali, the first Shia Imam, to
Malik al-Ashtar, governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
... that the Quranic chapter Al-Mumtahanah(manuscript pictured) declares that marriages between Muslims and
polytheists are invalid according to
Islamic law?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read the
Quran using a textbook called Iqro?
... that Satan frequently appeared as a comic relief figure in late medieval
mystery plays, in which he "frolicked, fell, and farted in the background"?
... that the Islamic prophet
Muhammad was reported to have said that whoever recited the Quranic chapter Al-Waqi'a every night would "never be afflicted by need"?
... that Indonesian Muslim cleric Hasyim Muzadi said that the
September 11 attacks were a "tragedy of humanity" and must not be turned into a religious conflict?
... that when the
Islamic Statecaptured Qandala in 2016, the group hoisted its flag on the building in which Somali folk hero Ali Fahiye Gedi had been imprisoned for burning the Italian flag in 1914?
... that last year, the Indonesian province of
Aceh processed 324 court cases and carried out at least 100
caning sentences under its Islamic criminal code?
... that Qard al-Hasan is considered a "beautiful loan" in Islam, because the borrower is
Allah and not the person who receives the loan?
... that the six-year reign of the
caliphal-Muktafi saw the
Abbasid Caliphate recover the territories of
Egypt and
Syria, marking the last revival in its fortunes before its collapse?
... that after 12,000
Wahhabis from the
first Saudi Statesacked Karbala and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
... that Narjis converted to
Islam on the request of
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and
Fatimah, the daughter of
Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams?
... that Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) was written by
Ruhollah Khomeini to answer the criticisms of
Shia Islam published in a pamphlet titled The Thousand-Year Secrets?
... that the interior of the Jami Masjid, Khambhat, (pictured) has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
... that after death of
Muhammad al-Mahdi's father, al-Mahdi appointed Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the
Shia community?
... that shortly after the
forced conversions of
Muslims in
Castile, a fatwa was issued which allowed outward practice of Christianity while secretly keeping the Islamic faith?
... that Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, a 10th-century
Shia jurist and theologian, was said to be so persuasive in debate that he could convince his opponents "that a wooden column was actually gold"?
... that Arba'een Pilgrimage, the world's largest annual gathering, is held every year 40 days after
Ashura for the commemoration of
Husayn ibn Ali's death?
... that the suspect who was subdued by six men during the train attack heading to Paris was shown on television in handcuffs at trial (prior to conviction), which is illegal in France?
... that 20th-century Indian Islamic scholar Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee advocated the need to incorporate modern reforms in
Islamic law without compromising on the "essential spirit of Islam"?
... that proposals to build a Muslim cemetery in Farmersville, Texas, have been met by death threats against city officials and threats to desecrate the site with pigs' blood?
... that the newly discovered Birmingham Quran manuscript(pictured) comprises fragments of an ancient
Quran that may date to near Muhammad's lifetime?
... that the Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi, built in the 17th century over the ruins of a Hindu temple, has been described as "like a fist thrust in the face of
Hinduism"?
... that after the attack at the
Curtis Culwell Center in
Garland, Texas, the mother of one of the gunmen said her son had been brainwashed and she did not blame the police for killing him during the event?
... that the
Press Association won a court case stating that it was within the public interest to know that five girls who had been given travel bans attended the same school as three who had recently joined ISIL?
... that Ahmadiyya in Indonesia has played an influential role in the religious development of the country, yet in recent decades
Ahmadis have faced persecution from religious establishments?
... that thousands of sacred monkeys (example pictured) inhabit the area around Saka Tunggal Mosque?
... that although Lafran Pane is considered the founder of the
Muslim Students' Association, members sometimes did not recognize him or considered him a government spy?
... that after the February 2014 suicide bombing of a tourist bus in
Taba,
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis threatened to attack tourists who did not leave Egypt within four days?
... that the
Caliphal-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of the
Abbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80 percent of expenditure going to the army?
... that the Saleh Mosque(pictured), built in
Sana'a in 2008 at a cost of US$60 million, was considered too expensive in relation to the 42% of
Yemeni who live in poverty?
... that the followers of the rebel al-Harith ibn Surayj tried to persuade their opponents to join them through moral and religious arguments even during battles?
... that Moorish Gibraltar was known as the City of Victory and lasted for over 725 years, far longer than Spanish or British
Gibraltar?
... that according to an
Islamic tradition regarded as fabricated, Ya`fūr was a talking donkey owned by the Prophet
Muhammad that was descended from
Jesus's donkey (pictured)?
... that while researching In the Shadow of the Sword,
Tom Holland found that the oldest biography of Mohammed was written two hundred years after he had died?
... that the
minaret(pictured) of Hassan II Mosque, the world's tallest at 210 m (689 ft), is fitted at the top with an electronic
laser directing rays towards
Mecca?
... that the Faizrakhmanist sect, including 27 children, was discovered to be living underground in
catacomb-like chambers in
Kazan in
Tatarstan?
... that opponents of the new mosque of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro tried to block its construction by arguing in court that
Islam was not a religion?
... that Aqsunqur Mosque(pictured) gained the name "Blue Mosque" following its decoration with
blue tiles over 300 years after the
mosque's construction in 1347?
... that the leaning minaret (pictured) of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in
Mosul, Iraq, reputedly gained its tilt after it bowed to the prophet
Muhammad?
... that the
Sixty Pillar Mosque located in Bagergat in south
Bangladesh is one of the oldest mosques in the country described as "historic mosque representing the Golden Era of Muslim Bengal"?
... that the Pisa Griffin(pictured) is the largest known medieval
Islamic metal sculpture, and may have been designed to emit noises?
... that, in 1984, John Butt became the first–and only–Westerner to graduate from the noted
Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic Madrasah since its foundation in 1866?
... that the Blood Qur'an, formerly displayed in the Mother Of All Battles mosque in
Baghdad(pictured), was written in over 20 litres of
Saddam Hussein's blood?
... that over 30,000 eggs were used to prepare the paint and glaze that went into the elaborate decorations of the Šarena Džamija of
Tetovo?
... that Fathi Osman's 1997 book Concepts of the Quran: A Topical Reading, in which he explained concepts in
Islam for non-Muslims, was nearly 1,000 pages long?
... that in 2005, Raheel Raza became the first woman to lead mixed-gender Muslim prayers in
Canada?
... that the Sinan Pasha Mosque of Prizren was built in 1615, but still conserves its original stone flooring and carpentry?
... that while Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said it was a "very appropriate place" to build it, 64% of polled Americans felt it was wrong to build the Cordoba House mosque near
Ground Zero?
... that in Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb(pictured), the tomb chamber has two graves, one of
Jamali the poet, and another of an unknown Kamali, who might have been chosen because his name rhymes with Jamali?
... that the Dome of the Chain(pictured), a free-standing dome functioning as a prayer house on the
Temple Mount, was possibly used as a building model for the adjacent
Dome of the Rock?
... that the
Persian political-philosophical treatise, the Siyasatnama, provides evidence for the survival of
pre-Islamic traditions within the
Seljuq empire?
... that the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque in
Istanbul features a
cypress tree with a chain that was swung between two people who gave contradictory statements to determine which one was telling the truth?
... that Tombo Ati, a traditional
Javanese song based on a popular
hadith of the prophet
Muhammad, is still popular five centuries after its composition?
... that between 1955 and 1998, under Article 19 of the Greek Citizenship Code which entitled the
Greek government to strip non-
ethnic Greeks who left the country of their
citizenship, 46,638 members of the officially recognized Muslim minority of Greece lost their citizenship?
... that casually shaking either one of the
minarets at the Sidi Bashir mosque (pictured) in
Ahmedabad causes the other minaret to vibrate a few seconds later?
... that
Muhammad had the Jewish tribe Banu Nadir expelled from
Medina, their men killed, and their wives and property divided among his followers, choosing for himself the
widow of the tribe's slain treasurer?
... that in
Persia,
non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by
Shi'aMuslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim?
... that Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete (English: Law of Muhammad the pseudo-prophet) was the first
Qur'an translation into a Western language and often regarded as one of the sloppiest?
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... that Nigeria's Muslim–Muslim ticket challenges the norm of religious balance in politics?
... that in
Zaydi Shi'ism, the imamate was not inherited or appointed but had to be claimed by public summons for allegiance or even leadership of an armed revolt?
... that Muslims believe that giving to the poor on the last Friday of Ramadan(prayers pictured) will bring them wealth and blessings during the year and in the future?
... that
Akram Nadwi addressed the lack of Islamic women scholars highlighted in a Time article by composing al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, a 43-volume work with more than 10,000 entries?
... that opening a Falnama on a painting of the queen of the fairies (example pictured) meant a prediction of good fortune?
... that in his 2000 book,
Michael Cook argues that the West prefers to "rescue" people after wrongdoing has occurred, while Muslims prefer to "forbid wrong"?
... that Khalwa(pupils pictured) is an educational institute that tackles illiteracy in Sudan and neighbouring countries?
... that Urwa ibn al-Zubayr has been called the founder of Islamic historiography?
... that medieval Muslim historians blamed al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah for the loss of much of
Palestine to the
crusaders but, in reality, he played no role in the
Fatimid government during that period?
... that the last
Fatimid caliph, al-Adid, came to the throne as a child, was dominated by his
viziers, and died a few days after
Saladin abolished the Fatimid regime?
... that "What do you hope to achieve with this?" were the last words of the Nigerian college student Deborah Yakubu while being lynched for alleged
blasphemy?
... that the Göğceli Mosque(pictured) in Turkey, constructed in 1206 with stacked
planks without using nails, is still in use?
... that Al-Wishah fi Fawa'id al-Nikah, a 15th-century Islamic sex manual by Egyptian writer
Al-Suyuti, was based on both traditional hadith literature and material influenced by Indian erotology?
... that Qadi al-Fadil began his career under the
Fatimids, became
Saladin's chief minister, and was renowned for the elegance of his
epistolary writing?
... that during the Battle of the Blacks in August 1169,
Saladin ordered his forces to attack and torch his opponents' quarters, where their wives and children had been left?
... that Da'ud, the heir apparent of the last
Fatimid caliph, spent almost his entire life imprisoned by the succeeding
Ayyubid dynasty?
... that the 13th-century Iplikçi Mosque in Konya, Turkey, contains a
mihrab with traces of mosaic tiling which is the oldest extant example of Anatolian Seljuk art?
... that most of the
Timurid 15th-century Musalla complex(remains pictured) was destroyed in 1885 by the British and the Emir of Afghanistan,
Abdul Rahman Khan?
... that Muhammad Sadiq's photographs were the first ever taken of the Islamic holy sites in
Mecca and
Medina?
... that in his 1683 work Qingzhen Zhinan, Chinese Islamic scholar
Ma Zhu recommended the "official persecution" of
Sufis?
... that the
Taliban secured victory in the Battle of Lashkargah soon after suicide–car-bombing the police headquarters, a crucial chokepoint of the city's defense?
... that the Islamic website Askimam has been called more comprehensive, influential and wide-ranging than the web resources of
al-Azhar and its sympathisers put together?
... that 50 books from a total of over 150 books authored by Pakistani historian Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri are about the Indian scholar and independence activist
Abul Kalam Azad?
... that the 9th-century
Abbasid caliphal-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century
Gothic fantasy novel Vathek?
... that the jibba(pictured), a Sudanese coat, symbolised a dedication to a religious way of life and denoted the military rank of the wearer?
... that in Islamic art, the shamsa is found in places as diverse as on carpets, inside domes (example pictured), and forming the frontispiece of books?
... that according to local legend, the catfish that inhabit the reservoir at the Shah Jalal Dargah(grave pictured) are the cursed and reincarnated soldiers of
Gour Govinda?
... that
Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that Jewish homes in the
Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010?
... that when the wealthy
Abbasid prince Muhammad ibn Sulayman died in 789, government agents found vast quantities of spoilt food in his palace, and dumped it on the street outside?
... that Muhammad al-Qunawi wrote a Turkish edition of
Al-Khalili's tables because, according to him, "some of our sons wanted, from this poor man, to learn about
sine tables"?
... that the
Isma'ili leader Ibn Hawshab had to surrender his son as hostage to a rival, who returned him after a year with a golden necklace as a gift?
... that astronomer Mustafa ibn Ali wrote mostly in
Ottoman Turkish rather than Arabic, in order to make his field more accessible in the Ottoman Empire?
... that the deaths of the leading Muslim commanders in
Syria from the plague of Amwas in 639 paved the way for the establishment of the
Umayyad Caliphate?
... that the
Fatimid military commander Dirgham abandoned his pupil
Ruzzik ibn Tala'i, the
vizier, to be deposed and killed by
Shawar, only to overthrow the latter a few months later?
... that the bypassing of Nizar in the
Fatimid caliphal succession, and his subsequent revolt and execution, led to a split in the
Isma'ili branch of
Shia Islam that lasts to this day?
... that although afarit are not necessarily components of a person, but independent entities, a common belief in
Islamic Egypt associates them with part of a human's soul?
... that the
Fatimid Caliphate prepared their conquest of Egypt in 969 through a long and patient propaganda effort, resulting in it being swift and almost unopposed?
... that when
Osama bin Laden issued his 1998 fatwa proclaiming
jihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
... that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan(
dirhams pictured), the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests in
Khurasan?
... that after the 1924 abolition of the Caliphate(illustration shown), numerous leaders vied unsuccessfully to resurrect the title of caliph for themselves?
... that
Church Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of the angelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6?
... that in 684–85, Caliph Marwan I reestablished
Umayyad authority in Syria and Egypt after its collapse across the caliphate?
... that the followers of Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, the founder of the
Qarmatian state in
Bahrayn, believed that he would return after his death, and kept a saddled horse at the entrance of his tomb?
... that a small group of besieged
Nizari Ismailis in the fortress of Shahdiz refused an offer of a safe withdrawal and fought against the
Seljuk army from tower to tower in a last stand?
... that a letter authored by Ali, the first Shia Imam, to
Malik al-Ashtar, governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
... that the Quranic chapter Al-Mumtahanah(manuscript pictured) declares that marriages between Muslims and
polytheists are invalid according to
Islamic law?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read the
Quran using a textbook called Iqro?
... that Satan frequently appeared as a comic relief figure in late medieval
mystery plays, in which he "frolicked, fell, and farted in the background"?
... that the Islamic prophet
Muhammad was reported to have said that whoever recited the Quranic chapter Al-Waqi'a every night would "never be afflicted by need"?
... that Indonesian Muslim cleric Hasyim Muzadi said that the
September 11 attacks were a "tragedy of humanity" and must not be turned into a religious conflict?
... that when the
Islamic Statecaptured Qandala in 2016, the group hoisted its flag on the building in which Somali folk hero Ali Fahiye Gedi had been imprisoned for burning the Italian flag in 1914?
... that last year, the Indonesian province of
Aceh processed 324 court cases and carried out at least 100
caning sentences under its Islamic criminal code?
... that Qard al-Hasan is considered a "beautiful loan" in Islam, because the borrower is
Allah and not the person who receives the loan?
... that the six-year reign of the
caliphal-Muktafi saw the
Abbasid Caliphate recover the territories of
Egypt and
Syria, marking the last revival in its fortunes before its collapse?
... that after 12,000
Wahhabis from the
first Saudi Statesacked Karbala and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
... that Narjis converted to
Islam on the request of
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and
Fatimah, the daughter of
Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams?
... that Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) was written by
Ruhollah Khomeini to answer the criticisms of
Shia Islam published in a pamphlet titled The Thousand-Year Secrets?
... that the interior of the Jami Masjid, Khambhat, (pictured) has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
... that after death of
Muhammad al-Mahdi's father, al-Mahdi appointed Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the
Shia community?
... that shortly after the
forced conversions of
Muslims in
Castile, a fatwa was issued which allowed outward practice of Christianity while secretly keeping the Islamic faith?
... that Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, a 10th-century
Shia jurist and theologian, was said to be so persuasive in debate that he could convince his opponents "that a wooden column was actually gold"?
... that Arba'een Pilgrimage, the world's largest annual gathering, is held every year 40 days after
Ashura for the commemoration of
Husayn ibn Ali's death?
... that the suspect who was subdued by six men during the train attack heading to Paris was shown on television in handcuffs at trial (prior to conviction), which is illegal in France?
... that 20th-century Indian Islamic scholar Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee advocated the need to incorporate modern reforms in
Islamic law without compromising on the "essential spirit of Islam"?
... that proposals to build a Muslim cemetery in Farmersville, Texas, have been met by death threats against city officials and threats to desecrate the site with pigs' blood?
... that the newly discovered Birmingham Quran manuscript(pictured) comprises fragments of an ancient
Quran that may date to near Muhammad's lifetime?
... that the Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi, built in the 17th century over the ruins of a Hindu temple, has been described as "like a fist thrust in the face of
Hinduism"?
... that after the attack at the
Curtis Culwell Center in
Garland, Texas, the mother of one of the gunmen said her son had been brainwashed and she did not blame the police for killing him during the event?
... that the
Press Association won a court case stating that it was within the public interest to know that five girls who had been given travel bans attended the same school as three who had recently joined ISIL?
... that Ahmadiyya in Indonesia has played an influential role in the religious development of the country, yet in recent decades
Ahmadis have faced persecution from religious establishments?
... that thousands of sacred monkeys (example pictured) inhabit the area around Saka Tunggal Mosque?
... that although Lafran Pane is considered the founder of the
Muslim Students' Association, members sometimes did not recognize him or considered him a government spy?
... that after the February 2014 suicide bombing of a tourist bus in
Taba,
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis threatened to attack tourists who did not leave Egypt within four days?
... that the
Caliphal-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of the
Abbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80 percent of expenditure going to the army?
... that the Saleh Mosque(pictured), built in
Sana'a in 2008 at a cost of US$60 million, was considered too expensive in relation to the 42% of
Yemeni who live in poverty?
... that the followers of the rebel al-Harith ibn Surayj tried to persuade their opponents to join them through moral and religious arguments even during battles?
... that Moorish Gibraltar was known as the City of Victory and lasted for over 725 years, far longer than Spanish or British
Gibraltar?
... that according to an
Islamic tradition regarded as fabricated, Ya`fūr was a talking donkey owned by the Prophet
Muhammad that was descended from
Jesus's donkey (pictured)?
... that while researching In the Shadow of the Sword,
Tom Holland found that the oldest biography of Mohammed was written two hundred years after he had died?
... that the
minaret(pictured) of Hassan II Mosque, the world's tallest at 210 m (689 ft), is fitted at the top with an electronic
laser directing rays towards
Mecca?
... that the Faizrakhmanist sect, including 27 children, was discovered to be living underground in
catacomb-like chambers in
Kazan in
Tatarstan?
... that opponents of the new mosque of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro tried to block its construction by arguing in court that
Islam was not a religion?
... that Aqsunqur Mosque(pictured) gained the name "Blue Mosque" following its decoration with
blue tiles over 300 years after the
mosque's construction in 1347?
... that the leaning minaret (pictured) of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in
Mosul, Iraq, reputedly gained its tilt after it bowed to the prophet
Muhammad?
... that the
Sixty Pillar Mosque located in Bagergat in south
Bangladesh is one of the oldest mosques in the country described as "historic mosque representing the Golden Era of Muslim Bengal"?
... that the Pisa Griffin(pictured) is the largest known medieval
Islamic metal sculpture, and may have been designed to emit noises?
... that, in 1984, John Butt became the first–and only–Westerner to graduate from the noted
Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic Madrasah since its foundation in 1866?
... that the Blood Qur'an, formerly displayed in the Mother Of All Battles mosque in
Baghdad(pictured), was written in over 20 litres of
Saddam Hussein's blood?
... that over 30,000 eggs were used to prepare the paint and glaze that went into the elaborate decorations of the Šarena Džamija of
Tetovo?
... that Fathi Osman's 1997 book Concepts of the Quran: A Topical Reading, in which he explained concepts in
Islam for non-Muslims, was nearly 1,000 pages long?
... that in 2005, Raheel Raza became the first woman to lead mixed-gender Muslim prayers in
Canada?
... that the Sinan Pasha Mosque of Prizren was built in 1615, but still conserves its original stone flooring and carpentry?
... that while Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said it was a "very appropriate place" to build it, 64% of polled Americans felt it was wrong to build the Cordoba House mosque near
Ground Zero?
... that in Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb(pictured), the tomb chamber has two graves, one of
Jamali the poet, and another of an unknown Kamali, who might have been chosen because his name rhymes with Jamali?
... that the Dome of the Chain(pictured), a free-standing dome functioning as a prayer house on the
Temple Mount, was possibly used as a building model for the adjacent
Dome of the Rock?
... that the
Persian political-philosophical treatise, the Siyasatnama, provides evidence for the survival of
pre-Islamic traditions within the
Seljuq empire?
... that the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque in
Istanbul features a
cypress tree with a chain that was swung between two people who gave contradictory statements to determine which one was telling the truth?
... that Tombo Ati, a traditional
Javanese song based on a popular
hadith of the prophet
Muhammad, is still popular five centuries after its composition?
... that between 1955 and 1998, under Article 19 of the Greek Citizenship Code which entitled the
Greek government to strip non-
ethnic Greeks who left the country of their
citizenship, 46,638 members of the officially recognized Muslim minority of Greece lost their citizenship?
... that casually shaking either one of the
minarets at the Sidi Bashir mosque (pictured) in
Ahmedabad causes the other minaret to vibrate a few seconds later?
... that
Muhammad had the Jewish tribe Banu Nadir expelled from
Medina, their men killed, and their wives and property divided among his followers, choosing for himself the
widow of the tribe's slain treasurer?
... that in
Persia,
non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by
Shi'aMuslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim?
... that Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete (English: Law of Muhammad the pseudo-prophet) was the first
Qur'an translation into a Western language and often regarded as one of the sloppiest?