Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

male, 52 years old
terrorist, September 11 2001 attack, Al-Qaeda member, anti-Semitic, militant Islamist, Muslim…world trade center, sunni muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslimworld, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against J
Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden, most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi militant Islamist and is reported to...
Ibn Kathir

Ibn Kathir

male, deceased (1373)
Al-Mizzi, Sunni Muslim scholar of Islam, Muslimworld, writer, Syrian, Islamic scholar…Muslim scholar of Islam, Western world, Muslim
Born in 1301, Ismail ibn Kathir was an Islamic scholar. His full name is Abu Al-Fida, 'Imad Ad-Din Isma'il bin 'Umar bin Kathir Al-Qurashi...
Al-Farabi

Al-Farabi

male, deceased (950)
Early Islamic philosophy, Greater Iran, Muslimworld, Islamic world, Islamic Science, philosopher…Western world, Muslim
Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Uzlagh al-Far...

Amir Butler

male
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, blogger, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network, columnist, Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee, Ismail Royer…Muslimworld, Muslim
Amir Butler is an author and engineer, as well as the executive director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC), co-convenor of...
Ehsan Masood

Ehsan Masood

male
international development, LEAD International, Science and Development Network, Muslimworld, Portsmouth Polytechnic, University of London
Ehsan Masood is a writer and journalist based in London, writing mainly about science, international development and the politics of the Muslim...
Abū Rayhān Al-Bīrūnī

Abū Rayhān Al-Bīrūnī

male, deceased (1048)
Al-Biruni crater, universal genius, Islamic astrology, al-Biruni, Islamic mathematics, Alhacen…Muslimworld, Western world
"'"' (September 15 973 in Kath, Khwarezm - December 13 1048 in Ghazni) was a Persian Muslim universal genius of the 11th Century, whose experiments...

Ibn Al-Rawandi

male
prophecy, Former Muslim, islam, religion, Muslim history, 9th century…Muslimworld
Ibn al-Rawandi (3rd century AH, 9th century C.E.) was an early skeptic of Islam and religion in general within the Muslim world, became one of...
George Negus

George Negus

male, 67 years old
today show, Today, Television presenter, From New south wales, The Cove, This Day Tonight…Islamic world, The World From Islam, Muslimworld
George Negus (born 1942 in Brisbane) is an Australian author, journalist, and television presenter who has been hosting the "Dateline" current...

Yaqut Al-Hamawi

male, deceased (1229)
Islamic travel writer, encyclopedia, Geographer, writer, Biographer, Travel writer…Muslim, Slave of the Muslim world, Muslimworld
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi was a Syrian biographer and geographer. "al-Rumi" ("from Rûm") refers to his Greek (Byzantine) descent, "...
Ibn Khurdadhbih

Ibn Khurdadhbih

male
9th century, 8th century, abbasid, tang dynasty, asiatic, Asian…Muslim, Muslimworld
Ibn Khurdadhbih was a Muslim Arab explorer and geographer. He was the postmaster of the Caliph of Baghdad. He is known for the 846 seminal work,...