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unusual facts about Dar al-Ulum


Dar al-Ulum

Sir Eldon Gorst, Annual Report for 1907, House of Commons Sessional Papers, Egypt.


Al Shamal Islamic Bank

According to public records, 19 percent of the Faisal Islamic Bank is owned by the Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust, or simply DMI Trust, also headed by Prince Faisal.

Al-Hajj Salim Suwari

Hailing from the Sahelian town of Ja (Dia) in the core Mali area, Al-Hajj Salim Suwari had performed the pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca several times and devoted his intellectual career to developing an understanding of the faith that would assist Muslim minorities in residing in "pagan" lands (dar al-kufr).

Ashiq Ilahi

After completing his studies, he taught at madrasas in Ferozepur Jhirka and Calcutta and then at Hayaatul Ulum in Muradabad.

Dar Al-Handasah

With the acquisition of Perkins and Will and T.Y. Lin International, the firm expanded into North America and the Far East.

Dar Al-Hijrah

The mosque board member Esam Omeish was reported by the Washington Post as having been one of the mosque officials who hired al-Awlaki (Paul Sperry says he "personally" hired him).

The FBI Director of Counter-Intelligence for the Middle East, Gordon M. Snow was a frequent, weekly, attendee of the services in the spring and summer of 2001, while also completing his Master's Degree 3 miles away.

Habib Munzir Al-Musawa

While he was at ma'had Al-Khayrat, he got acquainted with Habib Umar bin Hafiz, the director and founder of Dar al-Mustafa boarding school in Tarim, Hadramaut in Yemen who visited the school as part of his outreach.

Hassan al-Banna

After completing his studies at Dar al-‘Ulum in 1927, al-Banna became a primary school teacher in Ismailia, which was the location of the Egyptian headquarters of the Suez Canal.

Hijackers in the September 11 attacks

Nawaf al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour, attended the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia in early April 2001 where the Imam Anwar al-Awlaki preached.

Ibrahim 'Ali Salman

The poetry about his homeland Dar al-Manasir and the ongoing issue of the relocation of his tribe as a result of the Merowe Dam project is written in the Colloquial Arab language of the Manasir.

It probably is the only literary document from within Dar al-Manasir.

Islamistan

The term is Persian, (also used in Pashto and Urdu) and refers to the concept of Dar-ul-Islam.

Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

Salma married King Mohammed VI on 12 October 2001 (sadaq) and on 21 March 2002 (zafaf), at the Dar al-Makhzin, Rabat, and was granted the title of "Princess" with the style of Royal Highness on her marriage.


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