• Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari
    • ari In the Waddan valley which connects Mecca with the outside world, lived the tribe of Ghifar. The Ghifar existed on the meagre offerings of the trade caravans of the Quraysh which plied between Syria and Mecca. It is like...
    • Jafar ibn Abi Talib
    • lib In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle of the Prophet, was quite poor. He had a large family and did not have enough means to support them adequately. His poverty-stricken situation became ...
    • Ibn Abbas
    • bbas Abdullah was the son of Abbas, an uncle of the noble Prophet. He was born just three years before the Hijrah. When the Prophet died, Abdullah was thus only thirteen years old. Abdullah was attentive and...
    • El Zahrawi (Albucasis)
    • sis) father of surgery Almost a thousand years ago at a time when Spain (Andulesia) was part of the Islamic empire, there lived near the capital city of Cordoba one of the great, but now largely forgotten, pi...
    • Tripoli
    • poli Tripoli (Trablus), 85 kilometers north ofBeirut, has a special character. Thanks to its historical wealth, relaxed lifestyle and thriving business climate, this is a city where modern and medieval blend easily into a li...
    • Tashkent
    • kent Capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan and Central Asia’s premier metropolis, betrays little of its 2,000-year history as a crossroads of ancient trade routes. This modern city of 2.1 ...
    • Sarajevo
    • evo "In the green and wooded bosom of this mountainous and springy land of Bosnia, there is an enchanting city called Sarajevo." Sarajevo, city and capital, Bosnia and Herzegovina (commonly referred to ...
    • SANAA
    • NA'A Sana'a he capital city ofYemen, is located in a high altitude basin (2,300 meters) in the central mountainous region. It is a city gathering more than 1 million people (1998). In the foreground we see...
    • Seyyed Hossein Nasr
    • in Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. is one of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious and Compar...
    • Rene Guenon (Abd al-Wahid Yahya)
    • (Abd al-Wahid Yahya)  (1886-1951) Considered to be the founder of the Traditionalist school, Guenon was born in Blois, France on November 15; 1886.He devoted the early years of his life to the study of mathemati...
    • Muhyi ldin al-Maghribi
    • ribi (About 1220 in Spain- about 1283 in Maragha, Iran) Muhyi al-din al-Maghribi was an eminent astronomer who was born in Spain, but who first worked in Damascus in Syria. His life seems to have been greatly affected by t...
    • Thabit Ibn Qurra
    • RRA (836-901 A.D.) Thabit Ibn Qurra Ibn Marwan al-Sabi al-Harrani was born in the year 836 A.D. at Harran (present Turkey). As the name indicates he was basically a member of the Sabian(1) sect, but the great Musl...
    • Medina
    • EDINA (Al Madinah) Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah is the second holy city to Moslems after Makkah Al-Mukkaramah. It has also got many other names such as Taibah, Yathrib, the City of the Messenger, and Dar Al-Higra ...
    • Mecca
    • cca General Information Mecca(Arabic: Makkah), the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad(may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him and his family), is the holiest city of the Islamic faith. According to Isla...
    • Kuala Lumpur
    • MPUR Kuala Lumpur (or "K. L.," as it's known to locals) is the center and symbol ofMalaysia's rapid rise as an economic powerhouse. There are enchanting temples and mosques, small white-washed colonial ...
    • Jakarta
    • ARA Jakarta , capital of Indonesia, is the largest city of the country. It is located on the north-western coast of the island of Java on Jakarta Bay, at the mouth of the Ciliwung River. Jakarta is also the cent...
    • Istanbul
    • NBUL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents. Istanbul is a province designed to be the capital and it has been the capital of three empires which used to dominate ...
    • Cocos Islands
    • ands Background There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William Keeling discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. Annexed by the UK in 1857, they ...
    • Bangladesh
    • desh Location and Geography Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India n xstyle="color: black"> (Most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowi...
    • Hanafism
    • The Hanafiyyah School is the first of the four orthodox Sunni schools of law. It is distinguished from the other schools through its placing less reliance on mass oral traditions as a source of legal knowledge.
    • Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Sabbah Al-Kindi
    • ndi (about 801 in Kufah, Iraq- 873 in Baghdad, Iraq) Al-Kindi was born and brought up in Kufah, which was a centre for Arab culture and learning in the 9th century. This was certainly the right place for al-Kind...
    • Iraq
    • IRAQ Formerly part of theOttoman Empire, Iraq became an independent kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, t...
    • Ajman University of Science and Technology
    • ogy http://www.ajman.ac.ae/ About AUST  The establishment of Ajman University College of Science and Technology (AUCST) came as a response to the importance His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan, th...
    • Al-Quds university
    • tyle="font-family: tahoma">Al-Quds university: The Arab university in Jerusalem http://www.alquds.edu/ Jerusalem (Al-Quds) has played a central educational role throughout its history. In particular, its Muslim schools...
    • Indonesia
    • SIA The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1949. Current issues include: alleviating widespread poverty, implementing IMF-mandated reforms of the banking sector, e...
    • Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra
    • rra (908 in Baghdad- 946 in Baghdad) Ibrahim ibn Sinan was a grandson of Thabit ibn Qurra and studied geometry and in particular tangents (1) to circles. He also studied the apparent motion of the Sun and the geometry of...
    • HOMS (Emesa, Hims)
    • ims) Homs situated in between the desert from the East and the gateway of sea from the West, located in a wide area of plain and fertile area forming an important point of communications in Syria and its neighboring countri...
    • Guinea
    • NEA Independent fromFrance since 1958, Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. Lansana CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government. He was reelect...
    • Gambia
    • MBIA  TheGambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation t...
    • Frithjof Schuon
    • uon (1907-1998) Frithjof Schuon, also known as Shaykh `Isa Nur al-Din Ahmad al-Shadhili alDarquwi al- `Alawi al-Maryami, wasan authentic representative of the Sophia Perennis. In his books, he often described t...
    • ERITREA
    • TREA Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean reb...
    • Egypt
    • GYPT The regularity and richness of the annualNileRiver flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unifie...
    • DJIBOUTI
    • OUTI The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. A peace accord in 1994 ended a three-year uprising by Afars rebels. Geography Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the ...
    • Damascus
    • scus Capital of Syria , with 2.4 million inhabitants ( 2002 estimate ) . Damascus mountains to the west , and the desert to the east . Damascus lies in the Ghutah oasis , and is fed with water by the Barada River...
    • Chad
    • CHAD The Republic of Chad is the largest country of former French Equatorial Africa. Chad is a landlocked country with one of the world’s lowest population densities. It is situated in the heart of Africa and has...
    • BURKINA FASO
    • ASO LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is a landlocked West African State which lies between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Gui...
    • Brunei
    • runei Background The Sultanate of Brunei's heyday occurred between the 15th and 17th centuries, when its control extended over coastal areas of northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently...
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • ovina Background Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by e...
    • Beirut
    • American University of Beirut (AUB) http://www.aub.edu.lb/ The University The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher learning, founded in 1866. It function...
    • The American University of Beirut
    • yrouth) Capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains, Beirut, is an important port and financial center. Before the civil war of 1975–90 Beirut was also a flourishing tourist c...
    • Banu Musa brothers
    • hers (about 800 in Baghdad) There were three brothers Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir , Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir and al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir . They are almost indistinguishable but we do know that although th...
    • BAHRAIN
    • RAIN Background Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbors. Possessing minimal oil reserve...
    • Baghdad
    • dad Baghdad, the capital ofIraq, is situated in centralIraq, on both banks of the Tigris River. The city's principal economic activity is oil refining. Most of Iraq's other industries are inBaghdad, such as the making of car...
    • Azerbaijan
    • jan BACKGROUND Azerbaijan - a nation of Turkic Muslims - has been an independent republic since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1`994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict ...
    • Arabian Gulf University
    • ily: tahoma">Arabian Gulf University College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Medical Education The Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences,Bahrain has...
    • Amman University
    • sity Amman University is the first private University to be established in Jordan, dating back to 1990. It has since then, set a pioneering pace in the field of private higher education. AU is fully accredited b...
    • American University - Central Asia
    • sia http://www.auk.kg/index.html AUCA is an American-style liberal arts university that offers high quality academic programs to qualified students from all over the world. It is the first and only higher educat...
    • Al Manama
    • ama The capital of Bahrain Manama is the capital of Bahrain.  In the last 30 years the city has more than doubled in size and now covers about 25 square kilometres.  The population has also risen drama...
    • Allame Tabatabaee University
    • -family: tahoma"> Allame Tabataba'ee University http://www.atu.ac.ir Phone: 8901521-5 Fax: 8902536 TLX: 215372 UAT P.O.Box: 15815-3487 - Tehran/Iran Introducing the University The University provides a vast ran...
    • Allama Iqbal Open University
    • sity (AIOU) http://www.aiou.edu.pk The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in 1974. It is first distance learning university in Asia.  The AIOU is a unique institution in the sense that its appr...