NATION OF ISLAM. The migrations of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North after World War I provided the background for the […]
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NATIONAL SALVATION PARTY
The National Salvation Party (Turkish: Millî Selâmet Partisi, MSP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of […]
NASSER, GAMAL ABDEL
NASSER, GAMAL ABDEL (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970), more properly, Jamal `Abd al-Nasir, Egyptian soldier and statesman and proponent of Arab nationalism. Leader of […]
NASR, SEYYED HOSSEIN
NASR, SEYYED HOSSEIN (b. April 7, 1933), Iranian philosopher, philosopher of science, theologian, and traditionalist. A prolific writer, Seyyed Hossein Nasr is one of the […]
NASIF, MALAK HIFNI
NASIF, MALAK HIFNI (25 December 1886 – 17 October 1918), feminist and writer known as Bahithat al-Badiyah (Searcher in the Desert). Daughter of a scholar […]
NAQSHBANDIYAH
NAQSHBANDIYAH. One of the most widespread and vigorous of the Sufi orders, the Naqshbandiyah is found in most regions of Muslim Asia (although rarely among […]
NAMES AND NAMING
NAMES AND NAMING. “Choose for your children pleasant and beautiful names,” the Prophet is reported to have said, and, as a measure of how significant […]