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By ZAHRAH AWALAH, Cpntributing Writer
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This is the first of a four-part series on the history of Islam in Africa.The East Coast of Africa has had links with various cultures and civilizations over the centuries. In the Valley of the Queens in Upper Egypt, the tomb of the famous Egyptian queen Hatshepsut reveals reliefs from 2,000 BC, showing the Egyptians trading with the Land of Punt, which at that time included Eritrea, Somalia, and Yemen, and acknowledged its high degree of civilization. The Romans called it Azania. |
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By ANDREW O. SELSKY, The Associated Press
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Somewhere amid the cactus-studded hills on this sprawling Navy base, separate from the cells where hundreds of men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have been locked up for years, is a place even more closely guarded — a jailhouse so protected that its very location is top secret. |
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By ISMAIL KAMAL KUSHKUSH, IslamOnline.net
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KHARTOUM — When Pakistani intelligence stormed Salim Mahmud Adam’s Peshawar residence on May 27, 2002, the Sudanese teacher had no idea this would lead to nearly six hellish years in America’s notorious Guantanamo detention. |
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By InFocus News Staff
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A landslide at part of Al-Aqsa Mosque esplanade has sounded the alarm over the ongoing Israeli excavations near Islam’s third holiest shrine. Worshippers reportedly witnessed a crater at the esplanade as they were en route to the Friday prayer on Feb. 15. The landslide occurred near Al-Selsela Gate and Qatibai Water Fountain at the mosque’s western side. Al-Aqsa Mosque represents the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict as Jews claim that their alleged Haykal (Temple of Solomon) exists underneath Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Palestinians blamed the Israeli diggings adjacent to Al-Aqsa for the earth moving. The Islamic Movement in Israel also blamed the Israeli diggings for the landslide, calling on Muslim countries to step in to stop Israeli excavations near the holy mosque. The movement’s leader, Shaikh Raed Salah, has warned that Israel plans to build a colossal synagogue at the heart of Al-Haram Al-Sharif and contiguous to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli bulldozers started demolishing the bridge leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Al-Maghariba Gate and two underground rooms a year ago, sparking widespread protests in the Palestinian lands and Muslim countries.
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