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Born in Qandala, Puntland, Somalia to a Majerteen Ali saleeban parents, [2] Mūmin arrived to the United Kingdom in 2005–2006, having lived 1990–2003 in a north-eastern district Angered of Gothenburg, Sweden. [3]
Munafiq is a person who in public and in community shows that he is a Muslim but rejects Islam or speaks against it either in his heart or among the enemies of Islam. The hypocrisy itself is called nifāq (نفاق). [2]
Mumin denotes a person who has complete submission to the will of God and has faith firmly established in his heart, i.e. a "faithful Muslim". [1] Also, it is used as a name and one of the names of God. [1] The opposite term of iman (faith) is kufr (disbelief), and the opposite of mumin is kafir (disbeliever). [2] [3] [4] The Quran states: O ...
There is an ongoing conflict between Muslims of different sects, most commonly Shias and Sunnis, although the fighting extends to smaller, more specific branches within these sects, as well as Sufism. It has been documented as having gone on from Islam's beginnings up until contemporary times. [citation needed]
From the time of Muhammad, the final prophet of Islam, many Muslim states and empires have been involved in warfare. The concept of Jihad, the religious duty to struggle, has long been associated with struggles for promoting a religion, although some observers refer to such struggle as "the lesser jihad" by comparison with inner spiritual striving.
Abd al-Mu'min was born in the village of Tagra, [15] [16] near Tlemcen, in the Kingdom of the Hammadids, present-day Algeria, [2] [3] into the Kumiya tribe, an Arabized section of the Berber Zenata tribal confederation.
Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia is a two-volume encyclopedia covering the military and political history of Islam, edited by Alexander Mikaberidze and published in 2011. The encyclopedia contains more than 600 entries from dozens of contributors, as well as a glossary, maps and photographs. [1]
The Muslim army arrives at Khaybar, as portrayed in Tārīkhunā bi-uslūb qaṣaṣī (Our History in a Narrative style), published 1935 . The Muslims set out for Khaybar in March 628, Muharram AH 7. [47] According to different sources, the strength of the Muslim army varied from 1,400 to 1,800 men and between 100 and 200 horses.