North Africa

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss Explorer and Swiss Muslim convert.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johann Ludwig Burckhardt Born 24 November 1784Lausanne, Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy Died 15 October 1817 (aged 32)Cairo, Ottoman Egypt Occupations Traveller, geographer, orientalist Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (Arabic: يوهان لودفيك بركهارت; 24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn […]

US Lawmakers Push Bill to Hold Algeria Accountable for Persecution of Ahmadis

Middle East Rabwah Times U.S. lawmakers have condemned the Algerian government for its systematic restrictions on religious freedom, including the persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The concerns were outlined in a bipartisan resolution, H. Res. 738, introduced by Representatives French Hill of Arkansas and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, which […]

Fatima al-Fihriya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fatima al-Fihriya فاطمة الفهرية Born c. 800 CEKairouan (present-day Tunisia) Died c. 880 CEFez (present-day Morocco) Known for Sponsoring construction of the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد […]