Category Islamic world

Persons: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Family Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was born on September 11, 1965 in Damascus. The father of the future leader of the Syrian state was Brigadier General Hafez al-Assad, who soon began to gradually rise through the ranks, taking the post of commander of the Syrian army.

Hajj - annual congress of Muslims around the world

In the Koran, more precisely in the 196th verse of Surah Al-Bakara and in the 97th verse of Surah Al-Imran. And in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) it is said: “O people, truly Allah has obliged you to perform the Hajj. Do it. Whoever does it sincerely, without swearing or sinning

Caliph Osman (644-656)

Osman was one of the first adherents of the founder of Islam, Muhammad, although he belonged to the same Umayyad family, because of whose machinations the prophet had to flee from Mecca in 622. After this flight (Hijra), the Umayyads led the fight against pagan Mek

Caliph Ali (656-661)

After the assassination of Osman and the election of Ali as caliph (656), power finally passed into the hands of the closest relative of the prophet, who, in the opinion of one of the strongest Muslim parties, due to this relationship and his high personal talents had the most

Abu Ali ibn Sina: biography of a scientist

The most influential and famous Persian scientist in the medieval Islamic world, Abu Ali ibn Sina, is known to the world under a simpler and more sonorous name - Avicenna. Contemporaries in the East called him a spiritual mentor, a sage. And this is quite understandable. Avicenna

22 shots from the life of Osama bin Laden and his family

Osama bin Laden is the leader of the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. He was recognized as the number 1 terrorist in the United States and other countries. According to the CIA, he was killed on May 2, 2011 in Pakistan. In this collection you will see very different photographs of Osama b

New blog of Oleg Lurie

It's been 15 years since Nine-Eleven, when three skyscrapers collapsed in New York. No, I was not mistaken. Not two, but three, but for some reason they prefer not to remember the third. And when the third plane crashed into a wing of the Pentagon that was being repaired,

Black Tuesday in US history

The once unforgettable and at one time very popular Karl Marx, predicting the imminent death of capitalism, argued that this is none other than the proletariat. Much time has passed since then and life has flowed according to a slightly different scenario. The proletariat calmed down

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