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Introduction I am in this picture, here My name is Mic, I am also Musa Abdur Rashid. I am basically a good person, though I am often at the wrong place at the wrong time. I like explosions and going places, so I hope to graduate from California Maritime Academy in about 2 years with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a 3rd Assistant Engineer's license from the United States Coast Guard. I have played the bagpipes competitively in Grade 3. Important Musaabdulrashid's notable wikipedia moments: this log: When I tried to delete the article on my high school and failed miserably. Wikipedia:WikiProject Pipe Bands The project I started to improve pipe band articles. I've written dozens of articles and created several templates, including an infobox (you can help!). my 1000th edit Recommended Pages Anti-tank dog Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : 1926 Passaic textile strike - Needs a couple good action photos of strike violence but 1926 photos are probably not in the public domain... Expand : Permanent & Casual Wharf Labourers Union of Australia, Maharashtra General Kamgar Union, Force Ouvrière, Jerome Wurf, Samuel Gompers, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) Update : National Labor Relations Board Two board members, needs attention! Strike action (also fix formatting), NHL Players Association, Teamsters for a Democratic Union Islam Picture Usage The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Islam/Selected picture/Layout. All pictures added must have been given a quality rating of Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Add a new Selected picture to the next available subpage. Update "max=" to new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page. Selected pictures list Portal:Islam/Selected picture/1 Sixty Dome Mosque The Sixty Dome Mosque is a medieval mosque located in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, built by Muslim saint Khan Jahan Ali in mid 15th century. This unique masonry mosque with 81 domes (including 4 corner domes) is a UNESCO world heritage site. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/2 Chechen separatist fighter praying during the First Chechen War Chechen separatist fighter praying during the First Chechen War Portal:Islam/Selected picture/3 Tanzanians protesting the 2008-2009 Gaza bombardment Tanzanians protesting the 2008-2009 Gaza bombardment Portal:Islam/Selected picture/4 Sultan al-Atrash Sultan al-Atrash, (1891-1982) was a prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Great Syrian Revolution (1925-1927). Portal:Islam/Selected picture/5 Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/6 Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006) was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/7 Mohammed Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara, 1911 An early colour photograph of the Emir of Bukhara, Mohammed Alim Khan, in 1911, taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. Alim Khan, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, was the last emir of the Manghit dynasty. He reigned from 1911 to 1920, fleeing to Afghanistan when the Bolsheviks annexed Bukhara and proclaimed the Bukharan People's Republic. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/8 Tughra The Tughra (طغراء) of Mahmud II. A tughra is a Turkish paisley-like calligraphic seal or signature used at the beginning of sultans' decrees. These colorful emblems incorporated the ruler's name and title in intricate vegetal inscriptions designed by neshanis, or court calligraphers. Parallel to the European signet, tughras often appeared on coins and stamps of the Ottoman Empire. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/9 Palestinian costume A young woman from Ramallah, c. 1898-1914. Until the 1940s, women of Palestine wore elaborate handcrafted garments. The creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in their lives. A knowledgeable observer could determine a woman's village of origin and social status from her clothing. The circular band near this woman's forehead is a ring of coins made from a portion of her dowry money, and indicates that she is unmarried. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/10 Example of an ijazah, or diploma of competency in Arabic calligraphy Example of an ijazah, or diploma of competency in Arabic calligraphy Portal:Islam/Selected picture/11 1905 Stereoscope. Original caption reads: The native mode of grinding coffee, Palestine. 1905 Stereoscope. Original caption reads: The native mode of grinding coffee, Palestine. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/12 Turkish trenches on the shores of the Dead Sea Turkish trenches on the shores of the Dead Sea, part of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I Portal:Islam/Selected picture/13 Palestinian costume A Bedouin woman in Jerusalem, sometime between 1898 and 1914, dressed in Palestinian costume, the traditional clothing worn by Palestinians. Many of the handcrafted garments were richly embroidered and the creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in the lives of the region's women. Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian costumes reflected a woman's economic status, whether married or single, and the town or district of origin, and a knowledgeable observer could glean such information from the fabric, colors, cut, and embroidery motifs (or lack thereof) in a given woman's apparel. Portal:Islam/Selected picture/14 Example of celebration of the month of Ramadan Example of celebration of the month of Ramadan Portal:Islam/Selected picture/15 Faisal Mosque The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد) is a mosque located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is Located on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Islamabad, the mosque features a contemporary design consisting of eight sides of concrete shell and is inspired by a Bedouin tent, and is considered to be the city's main Landmark. Nominations Feel free to add related featured pictures to the above list. Other pictures may be nominated here. Faisal Mosque The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد) is a mosque located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Located on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Islamabad, the mosque features a contemporary design consisting of eight sides of concrete shell and is inspired by a Bedouin tent, and is considered to be the city's Landmark. Sixty Dome Mosque The Sixty Dome Mosque is a medieval mosque located in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, built by Muslim saint Khan Jahan Ali in mid 15th century. This unique masonry mosque with 81 domes (including 4 corner domes) is a UNESCO world heritage site. Palestine Picture Usage The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/Layout. Add a new Selected picture to the next available subpage. Update "max=" to new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page. Selected pictures list Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/1 Ottoman surrender of Jerusalem, 1917 The Mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Husayni (centre) meets with soldiers of the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force on December 9, 1917, under the white flag of surrender. The Battle of Jerusalem had begun the day before, but the Turkish forces in the city were no match against the British forces. A Turkish counterattack on December 25 was also repulsed, confirming the capture of Jerusalem by the Allies. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/2 Machine gunners, Second Battle of Gaza Ottoman machine gun corps, before the Second Battle of Gaza, which took place on 19 April 1917. The First Battle of Gaza, just three weeks prior, had ended in defeat for the British Empire, and this second attempt to break through Turkish defenses was also unsuccessful. Six months later, on the third attempt, the Allied forces were finally able to break the Gaza–Beersheba line. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/3 Jerusalem Railway Station, 1900 The Jerusalem Railway Station c. 1900. The locomotive on the turntable is "Ramleh" (J&J No. 3), a Baldwin 2-6-0. The station was the terminus of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway until its closure in 1998. Today, the station is abandoned and suffering from neglect and vandalism, although it is one of 110 buildings selected for preservation in Jerusalem. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/4 Jerusalem in the early 20th century A view of Jerusalem in the early 20th century. The earliest verified reference to the city is in the Amarna letters, which date to the 14th century BCE. Over its long history, it has been controlled by Israelites, Judaeans, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mamluks, Turks, and the British before being split between Israel and Jordan. Israel captured East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of 1967, and the city remains a core issue in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/5 Tanzanians protesting the 2008-2009 Gaza bombardment Tanzanians protesting the 2008-2009 Gaza bombardment. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/6 Palestinian costume A Bedouin woman in Jerusalem, sometime between 1898 and 1914, dressed in Palestinian costume, the traditional clothing worn by Palestinians. Many of the handcrafted garments were richly embroidered and the creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in the lives of the region's women. Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian costumes reflected a woman's economic status, whether married or single, and the town or district of origin, and a knowledgeable observer could glean such information from the fabric, colors, cut, and embroidery motifs (or lack thereof) in a given woman's apparel. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/7 Ottoman camel corps, First Suez Offensive The Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba before the First Suez Offensive of World War I. Although the main thrust of the offensive on February 3, 1915, was unsuccessful in capturing the Suez Canal, the Ottoman army achieved its objective because the British were forced to keep more troops in Egypt than they had expected. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/8 Palestinian costume A young woman from Ramallah, c. 1898-1914. Until the 1940s, women of Palestine wore elaborate handcrafted garments. The creation and maintenance of these items played a significant role in their lives. A knowledgeable observer could determine a woman's village of origin and social status from her clothing. The circular band near this woman's forehead is a ring of coins made from a portion of her dowry money, and indicates that she is unmarried. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/9 View of Bethlehem, 1898 Beit Sahour (lit. Place of the Night Watch) is a Palestinian town east of Bethlehem under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority. The population of 12,367, is Christian and Muslim. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/10 Dome of the Rock The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine and a major landmark located in Jerusalem. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/11 An 1890 map of Palestine An 1890 map of Palestine as described by medieval Arab geographers, with Jund Filastin administrative area. Portal:Palestine/Selected picture/12 Nablus Nablus, the second largest city in the West Bank after East Jerusalem. Nominations Feel free to add related featured pictures to the above list. Other pictures may be nominated here. File:Palestine under the Persians Smith 1915.jpg The West Bank under Persian rule POTD Babel enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. boxtops This user is a member of WikiProject Bagpipes. This person is interested in Organized Labour. GHB-3This user is an advanced bagpipe player. MP This user has Mad Pride This user hails from New York City.|} jh-1This user is a novice Jew's harp player. Did you know... Instructions These "Did you know..." subpages are randomly displayed using {{Random portal component}}. The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Islam/DYK/Layout. DYKs at this list must have successfully already appeared at Template:Did you know. Add a new DYK to the next available subpage. Update the DYK max at the main portal page. (Only include completed sets of 3.) DYK list Portal:Islam/DYK/1 ...that the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu Khan, executed Al-Musta'sim (pictured), the Abbasid caliph, following the 1258 Battle of Baghdad? ...that the jihad of Modibo Adama led to the spread of Islam? ...that the Muslim state of Ifat was completely annexed by Ethiopia in 1415? Portal:Islam/DYK/2 ... that the Fatimid Caliphs built mosques in the Fatimid architecture style, such as al-Azhar Mosque (pictured), in Mahdia, Al-Mansuriya and Cairo? ...that Islam in Poland traces its history to the 13th century, with the advent of Tartar settlers? ...that Islam, Tahrif is the charge that Jewish and Christian holy books have been subject to change, alteration or forgery? Portal:Islam/DYK/3 ...that Zhang Chengzhi, who formed China's first group of Red Guards while a student at Tsinghua University Middle School (Tsinghua School pictured), converted to Islam? ...that an inquiry into Sidhom Bishay's execution for his refusal to convert to Islam and recounce Christianity resulted in the dismissal of a judge and a governor? ...that Muhammad had engaged as a diplomat for a time during his call to Islam? Portal:Islam/DYK/4 ...that a large number of Rwandans (flag pictured) converted to Islam after the 1994 Genocide? ...that the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan is a rebel organization that gained de facto recognition from the Government of Pakistan on September 5, 2006 as a result of negotiations between Islamabad and local tribesmen to end the Waziristan War? ...that before David Myatt converted to Islam in 1998 and endorsed Islamic terrorism, he had been active in Nazi satanism in the UK since the late 1960s? Portal:Islam/DYK/5 ...that the Islamic Emirate of Bari in Southern Italy was conquered (pictured) in 871 by Frankish and Lombard ground forces under Louis II of Italy, together with a Croatian fleet? ...that the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism is a Muslim advocacy group which monitors media coverage of Islam and Muslims in the U.K.? ... that Sabr is the Islamic virtue of patience and endurance? Portal:Islam/DYK/6 ... that Maher Arar was deported to Syria (flag pictured) and tortured after being wrongly identified as an "Islamic Extremist" by Project O Canada? ... that Canadian supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri was the daughter of an Islamic cleric who opposed his daughter's career? ...that guests on the American PBS television series Soul! (1967–1971) included Stevie Wonder, African musician Hugh Masekela, and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan? Portal:Islam/DYK/7 ...that while the earliest Syrian immigrants in the United States (Syria pictured) arrived in the 1880s, most Muslim Syrian Americans arrived over eighty years later, after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965? ...that the Crusade of Varna required simultaneous attacks on the Muslim Ottoman Empire by Christian Hungary and the Muslim Karamanids, which did not occur? ...that the Moorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of 19th-century synagogue architecture, because the Mudéjar style was associated with the golden age of Jewry in medieval Muslim Spain? Portal:Islam/DYK/8 ...that in the Muslim tradition, Bahira (pictured) was a Christian monk who foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future prophetic career? ...that Sarat Chandra Bose, the brother of Subhash Chandra Bose attempted to obtain independence for a united Bengal with Muslim leader Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1947? ...that on January 21, 2006 Ilan Halimi, a French Jew, was kidnapped by a gang of Muslim immigrant youths and subsequently tortured to death, with the motive being either money or anti-Semitism? Portal:Islam/DYK/9 ...that the book Description of Africa by the Muslim slave Joannes Leo Africanus was an important source of information on the North African Islamic civilization during the European Renaissance? ...that in Persia, non-Muslims were considered to be najis (ritually unclean) by Shi'a Muslims, and were not allowed to go outside in rain or snow for fear that some impurity could be washed from them onto a Muslim? ...that Silma Ihram decided to found Al-Noori Muslim Primary School in Greenacre, New South Wales after Presbyterian Ladies' College would not allow her daughters to wear hijabs in school? Portal:Islam/DYK/10 ...that although 99.8% of the population is Muslim, there is no official religion in Turkey (flag pictured)? ...that Ismat ad-Din Khatun was the wife of two important medieval Muslim princes, Nur ad-Din and Saladin? ...that the social reform organization Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz has been labeled "un-Islamic" by upper caste Muslims? Portal:Islam/DYK/11 ...that Jogendra Nath Mandal was a Hindu politician who served as the first Minister for Law and Labour of the Muslim state of Pakistan (flag pictured)? ...that the Indonesian Muslim organization Muhammadiyah has over 29 million members and manages several universities? ...that Saddam Beach in the Indian state of Kerala was given its name by local Muslim villagers after the Gulf War of 1991 in solidarity with former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein? Portal:Islam/DYK/12 ...that Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski (pictured) was the only Muslim to be appointed General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia? ...that a major milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India came in 1193 when the great university at Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish Muslim raiders? ...that the Urdu movement, which sought to establish Urdu as the lingua franca of the Muslim communities of India, emerged from the fall of the Mughal Empire and became an integral part of the Pakistan movement? Portal:Islam/DYK/13 ... that durum wheat (pictured) was used to make al-fidawsh, a dry pasta popular in Muslim Spain? ...that in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongol Empire had an alliance with the Armenians against their common enemy, the Muslim Mamluks? ...that a Muslim fundamentalist beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's and carted a statue of Father Serra to a nearby mosque in October 2001? Portal:Islam/DYK/14 ...that Mohammad Amin al-Husayni met Adolf Hitler in December 1941 (pictured) in Europe? ...that Muslim scholar Maulvi Abdul Haq is decorated as the Father of Urdu in Pakistan? ...that the Amman Message was a statement issued by King Abdullah II of Jordan calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world? Portal:Islam/DYK/15 ...that Shamsunnahar Mahmud and Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (pictured) were Muslim feminists of the Bengal renaissance? ...that 12th-century Muslim scientist Al-Khazini, who proposed a theory of gravitation long before Isaac Newton, was, in his early life, a slave of the Seljuq Turks? ...that the 110th United States Congress freshman class contains members from diverse backgrounds, including a professional football player, a Navy vice admiral, several former teachers, and the first Buddhist and Muslim members? Portal:Islam/DYK/16 ...that in 717 Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi became the first Muslim commander ever to cross the Pyrenees mountain range (pictured)? ...that Bhudev Mukhopadhyay taught at Hindu, Muslim and Christian schools? ...that before the Bagratids unified Georgia, Caucasian Iberia was ruled by a succession of princes under the influence of the Byzantines, the Persians and the Muslim Caliphate from the 6th to the 9th centuries? Portal:Islam/DYK/17 ... that the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil (pictured), near Jerusalem, is regarded by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike as a holy site for containing the tomb of Samuel? ...that the Muslim Revolution of Agriculture industrialized sugar production, building the first sugar refineries and sugar plantations in the 8th century? ...that the Barack Obama Muslim rumor has been circulating on the Internet since 2004? Portal:Islam/DYK/18 ... that in 1935, the Supreme Muslim Council built the an-Nasr Mosque (pictured) in the Palestinian city of Nablus after an earthquake in 1927 completely destroyed the previous structure on the site? ...that one of the most important advances in medieval Muslim psychology was the establishment of the first psychiatric hospitals? ... that Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India? Portal:Islam/DYK/19 ... that both Christians and Muslims ritually sacrifice lambs during the Feast of Saint George in the Palestinian town of al-Khader (pictured) near Bethlehem? ... that Mohammad Usman Rana, a Norwegian Pakistani student, is one of the prolific Muslim debaters in the Norwegian public sphere? ... that Islam: The Straight Path by John L. Esposito is an introductory text on Islam that devotes half its content to the development of Islam in modern and reformist times? Portal:Islam/DYK/20 ... that Jacob's Well (pictured) in Nablus is a site associated with Jacob in Jewish, Samaritan, Christian and Muslim tradition? ... that khutba is the sermon delivered before the Muslim weekly congregational prayers on Friday, and after the annual congregational prayers on each of the two Muslim festivals? ...that Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi created the paramilitary Islamic Legion primarily associated with the seven year Libyan-Chadian War? Portal:Islam/DYK/21 ...that Georgia’s capital Tbilisi (pictured) functioned as the center of an Islamic emirate under the Arab rule from 736 to 1122? ...that the Islamic Spaniard Judar Pasha led 4,000 Moroccans to victory against more than 40,000 Songhai troops at the Battle of Tondibi, putting an end to West Africa's Songhai Empire? ...that in the 1850s, El Hadj Umar Tall founded a short-lived Islamic empire covering modern day Guinea, Senegal, and Mali? Portal:Islam/DYK/22 ...that in the 1970s, Tatar painter Baqi Urmançe (pictured) painted Islamic calligraphy in the Soviet Union, something which was prohibited? ...that Malaysian politician and MP Badruddin Amiruldin has publicly said that those who oppose Islamic theocracy should leave the country? ...that an edition of Alpin, a supplement of the Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, was banned by the caretaker government for publishing a controversial cartoon in relation to the Islamic prophet Muhammad? Portal:Islam/DYK/23 ...that the Pakistan coup attempt of 1995 aimed to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan by overthrowing prime minister Benazir Bhutto (pictured)? ...that Khwaja Ahsanullah and his son Khwaja Salimullah clashed over the latter's Islamic fundamentalism? ...that the Alfathi brand of red meat from Nortura combines the strict Islamic rules concerning food preparation for slaughter with Norwegian cuisine? Portal:Islam/DYK/24 ...that the map (pictured) by Piri Reis, a 16th-century Islamic cartographer, is the oldest surviving Turkish map to show the Americas? ...that the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways add about 500 km of new track each year to their network with planned links to Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan? ...that although the official cause of the 2007 Balad aircraft crash is fog, the insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq says they shot it down? Portal:Islam/DYK/25 ... that after being sentenced, beaten and left for dead for refusing to recite Muslim scriptures, Vaishnava convert Haridasa Thakur's (pictured) instant recovery convinced many he was a pir? ...that the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea? ...that the Persian political-philosophical treatise, the Siyasatnama, provides evidence for the survival of pre-Islamic traditions within the Saljuq empire? Portal:Islam/DYK/26 ...that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015? ...that many Iranian women chose not leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their hijabs due to Reza Shah's Kashf-e hijab decree? ...that Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa banning acquisition, development, and use of nuclear weapons? Nominations Any Islam justice-related WP:DYKs that have previously appeared at Template:DYK may be added to the next available subpage, above. All hooks must first have appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know section. Note: -- Each hook and selected fact requires a link cited at its respective subpage to the time it appeared on the Main Page in Template:Did you know, or the associated WP:DYK archive at Wikipedia:Recent additions. My past Old accounts User:Piper Stone User:Clonortus b Pages created with old accounts Scott Diddams 20:57, May 16, 2004 (a vanity article for my uncle) Downtown Seattle 02:09, April 18, 2004 Northern Meeting 21:25, October 16, 2004 Alessandro Petacchi 23:42, October 3, 2004 Saudi Arabian Selected building Abraj Al Bait, in Mecca, is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. With a height of 601m, it is considered the 2nd tallest building in the world.