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unusual facts about Dawa


Dawa'a al-Jihad

Dawa'a al-Jihad (Arabic: "Convert and Struggle") was a militant university established at an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, by Abdul Rasul Sayyaf in the 1980s.


Dibothrosuchus

Dibothrosuchus was named in 1965 by D.J. Simmons based on a partial skull and skeleton collected by Father Oehler of Fu Jen Catholic University from mudstones near the village of Dawa.

Ganale Dorya River

Rising in the mountains east of Aleta Wendo, the Ganale flows south and east to join with the Dawa at the border with Somalia to become the Jubba.

Islamic Dawa Party

1980 30 March - Ba'athist Revolutionary Command Council retroactively bans al-Dawa; membership was made punishable by death.

Jaarso

Jaarso Clan live in the, Jigjiga, Jinacsani, Babeli,Tuliguleed, Hadow, Dhagahle, Bombaas, Fayanbiro, Fayan Hujubo, Ordo, Kombulsho, Gursum, Diri dawa, Dadar, Qulubi, Ejersa Goro, Harar, Haramaya, Baali, Hawaday, Awash Part of Oromia Region and also live in the border of Kenya.

Jaldessa

Early in the Ogaden War, Jaldessa was captured by Somali units as they closed in on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured 4 February 1978 by the Ethiopian Ninth Division with Cuban tank and artillery shock troops.

Kamet

1951: Mukut Parbat is climbed via the steep northwest ridge by a crack New Zealand team that includes Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, H. E. Riddiford (leader), F. M. Cotter and Pasang Dawa Lama.

Karmapa controversy

One such person is Dawa Sangpo Dorje, who was born in Mangan in north Sikkim in 1977 (before the death of the 16th Karmapa) and subsequently resided in Damthang in South Sikkim.

Kate Markgraf

In 2012, Kate Markgraf traveled with Tony Sanneh to Ethiopia on behalf of the United States Department of State and US Soccer to work with youth in the Ethopian city of Dire Dawa.

Taiyabi

At present the largest Taiyabi-descended faction, the Dawoodi Bohra Dawa is headed by 53rd dai Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin who has been appointed after the sudden death of 52nd Dai Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.


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