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  • his name, Alkindus) was known as the first Islamic philosopher, and also as ... 6th centuries. He was the only well-known Islamic philosopher of Arab descent ...
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  • in Babylonia. A rich tradition of cantorial music flourished in later centuries ... The Muslim muezzin is a type of cantor in Islamic tradition, who calls the ...
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  • and Abunaser (870 - 950 C.E.) was an Islamic philosopher and scientist ... instruments. He wrote a notable book on music, Kitab al-Musiqa (The Book ...
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  • which was formerly used in classical music, utilizes 'sympathetic ... the tembûr and sehtar were used in pre-Islamic Persia and also used in ...
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  • The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College ... Buddhist, Greco-Roman, Christian, and Islamic influences have been present ...
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  • Agra Fort represents a blend of Hindu and Islamic civilization and ... Jahangir renamed Akbar Gate Hindu and Islamic architecture have blended ...
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  • due in large part to the Fulani. Following Islamic conquest in the 1800s, non ... similar to a violin), in addition to vocal music. The well known Senegalese ...
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  • of several traditions of classical Indian music, having received the title ... Westerners understanding that contemporary Islamic religious practices and ...
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  • The high degree of learning and scholarship in the medieval Islamic ... to all other kinds of items such as DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video ...
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  • == Islamic calligraphy == Islamic calligraphy [[Image:AndalusQuran ... Islamic calligraphy is an aspect of Islamic art that has evolved alongside ...
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  • Liturgical music is a form of music originating as a part of religious ... The qualities that create the distinctive character of liturgical ...
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  • The fourteenth century Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun, did not use the ... Arabic religious music includes Christian and Islamic music. However ...
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  • The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... In 1076 Islamic warrior monks (Almoravid, or Al Murabitun) attacked ...
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  • theoretical work on redefining the role of Islamic fundamentalism in social ... against regimes considered to be un-Islamic. His extensive writing on ...
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  • The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... , revealing an influx of ideas from Islamic music. This text is the last ...
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  • elements of Platonism, Stoicism, Islamic fatalism and reverence for ... Zoroaster, astronomy, history, geography, music and other subjects. Much ...
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  • The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...
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  • in North Africa. During the Middle Ages Islamic peoples were the "alien ... the relative religious tolerance of Islamic countries in contrast with ...
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  • at the stroke of midnight with fireworks, music, and a live celebration from ... of Hogmanay celebration, often involving music, dancing, drinking, and the ...
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  • lovers that has reached far beyond the Islamic world. According to the ... he decided then that he would make Qawwali music his career. His first public ...
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  • often referred to as the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization. This was also ... of his mother in the governance of the Islamic empire, until her death ...
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  • recreational drugs, tobacco, modern popular music, dancing, "mixed bathing ... and the Hadith provide guidelines for Islamic government, including criminal ...
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  • significant publications on Hindu and Islamic law. Together with Charles ... social science. He wrote on the local laws, music, literature, botany, and ...
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  • increased activity in various parts of the Islamic world. This period (especially ... level. Additionally, poetry, dancing and music are devotional tools used ...
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  • Rumi’s poetry has spread from the Islamic world and into the Western ... He was a descendant of a family full of Islamic theologians and mystics ...
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  • was named the cultural capital of the Islamic world by the Islamic Educational ... presidential rule, terrorism from Islamic militants, and economic ...
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  • A number of these systems date from pre-Islamic times, and hence do not ... to hospitality and bravery, date to pre-Islamic times. In many Bedouin ...
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  • mathematics, jurisprudence, logic, music, and poetry. This system ... When the Islamic armies arrived in 650 C.E., they found a multi-ethnic ...
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  • were of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. The ... and also enjoyed great influence in the Islamic world and the medieval Latin ...
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  • and loving surrender to God, which is the Islamic path. ... at type of reed pipe or flute. This type of music was an integral part of ancient ...
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  • organizations and literary, art, and music societies. Bengali ghazals. Nazrul wrote and composed music for his nearly 3000 songs ...
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  • Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture." ... of crude, essentialized caricatures of the Islamic world presented in such ...
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  • in 1979. There, he met the Egyptian Islamic fundamentalist leader Ayman ... Omar's Taliban, was "the only Islamic country" in the world. ...
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  • Hindustani Classical Music is a North Indian classical music tradition ... , revealing an influx of ideas from Islamic music. This text is the last ...
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  • university, made Cairo a center of Islamic learning and philosophy ... The school remains a major center for Islamic study today. The Seljuks ...
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  • The Mahfouz family were devout Muslims and Mahfouz had a strictly ... Like many Egyptian writers and intellectuals, Mahfouz was on an Islamic ...
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  • principles or abstruse points of Islamic theology. In another case ... such entertainments in the mainstream of Islamic scholarship, with the result that ...
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  • a knowledgeable and respected collector of Islamic art. ... Prince Sadruddin into contact with his Islamic roots from a young age. ...
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  • presided over one of the most important Islamic learning centers in Africa ... of historic architecture of the the pre-Islamic period. It has been described ...
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  • to Zoroastrianism. Their short-lived Islamic legacy would count against ... He is said to have enjoyed wine and music. ==Legacy== Al-Mahdi's ...
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  • had an impact on the thinkers of the Islamic world, and his medical and ... a lute-player who changed his interest from music to alchemy. Around the age ...
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  • Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...
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  • the second century up to the time of the Islamic invasion in the ninth century. ... began a campaign to crack down on "un-Islamic" segments of Afghan ...
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  • Central Asia since the early days of Islamic influence. Persian literature ... of the Timurid elite to the Perso-Islamic courtly culture. ...
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  • headdress and introduced the Latin script. Islamic law was replaced by a new ... country's workforce. From 1926, the Islamic calendar (which starts in ...
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  • The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located ... of Pakistan and formed the foundation for Islamic rule that eventually spread ...
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  • Arabic literature flourished during the Islamic Golden Age and continues ... ==Pre-Islamic literature== Pre-Islamic poetry The period before the ...
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  • Ahmad Y. Hassan, and Donald Hill, 1986, Islamic Technology: An illustrated ... * Hassan, Ahmad Y., and Donald Routledge Hill. 1986. Islamic Technology: ...
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  • as diverse as art, science, invention, music, and writing. ... meteorology, geography, physics, politics, music, medicine, philosophy."Will ...
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  • Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...
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