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Rice
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Rice

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Rice was first domesticated in the region of the Yangtze River valley in China. Muslims were the means of Asian rice spreading to Europe, Africa and o...
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Air Force
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Air Force

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
In 1909 the Islamic State (Ottoman Turkey) became one of the first nations to start a military aviation program. Military attaches from the Islamic St...
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Hand Cannons
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Hand Cannons

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
A hand cannon is an early form of firearm. It is possibly the oldest type of portable firearm. It is a forerunner of the handgun as well as muskets an...
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Famous Diamonds
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Famous Diamonds

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Some of the biggest, most expensive and famous diamonds have a history linked to Muslims: Darya-ye Noor Diamond: One of the Crown Jewels from Iran....
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Mohair
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Mohair

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
The Angora goat originated from Tibet making its way to Turkey in the 16th century. Until 1849, the Turkish province of Ankara was the sole producer o...
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Gatsbys
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Gatsbys

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
A Gatsby is a South African style of deli sandwich very similar in content and method of preparation as a hoagie in the United States. It is mostly po...
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Civil Law
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Civil Law

islamicfocus August 29, 2018
Several legal institutions in European civil law were adapted from similar institutions in Islamic law during the Middle Ages: The Islamic Hawala i...
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Taqi al Din
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Taqi al Din

islamicfocus July 17, 2018
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf al-Shami al-Asadi was born in 1521 in Damascus, Syria, and was educated in Cairo, Egypt and died in 1585. He became a ...
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Sultan Suleiman I
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Sultan Suleiman I

islamicfocus July 17, 2018
Suleiman I (born 1494, died 1566) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566. He personally led armies to conquer Belgrade, Rhodes, the Balkan...
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Sayyid Abdullah Hassan
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Sayyid Abdullah Hassan

islamicfocus July 17, 2018
Sayyid Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (born 1856, Somalia, died 1920, Ogaden) was Somalia's religious and nationalist leader (called the ‘Mad Mullah’ by the...
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