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At the 2013 Women's World Cup, Raj was the No.1 Cricketer in the ODI chart among women.
She scored 100s: 1 and 50s: 4 in Test cricket, 100s: 5 and 50s: 50 with best bowling of 3/4 in ODIs and 50s: 10 in T20s.
In February 2017, she became the second player to score 5,500 runs in WODIs.
Raj is the first player to captain most matches for India in ODI and T20I.
In July 2017, she became the first player to score 6,000 runs in WODIs.
She led the Indian team to the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.
In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year.
In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
In September 2019, Raj retired from T20I Cricket.
She dreams to bring the World Cup to her country by 2021. "
After representing India in T20 internationals since 2006, I wish to retire from T20Is to focus my energies on readying myself for the 2021 one-day World Cup," she said in a BCCI press statement.
In November 2020, Raj was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for women's ODI cricketer of the decade.
In May 2021, she was named as the captain of India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.
Raj was appointed as the batting consultant for India women's national cricket team, and had played as a player-coach.
Mithali is nicknamed "Lady Tendulkar of Indian Women's cricket", as she is currently the all-time leading run-scorer for India in all formats, including Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
During the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Raj scored her seventh consecutive half-century and made a record for most consecutive fifties by a player.
Mithali is the 1st Indian and 5th woman cricketer overall to score over 1,000 World Cup runs.
She holds the record for playing the most consecutive Women's One Day Internationals for a team (109).
Mithali Raj was involved in controversy with cricket management due to her attitude towards the game during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
She accused the coach Ramesh Powar and BCCI COA member Diana Edulji in a letter to BCCI of bias, humiliation at not including her in the T20 world cup semifinals.
Powar in turn criticized that Raj had threatened that she would retire from the game of the cricket when asked to play down the batting order.
He also accused Raj of 'blackmailing and pressurising coaches' apart from causing division in the team during the recently concluded World T20.
He added, "despite being a senior player in the team she puts in minimum inputs in team meetings.
She could not understand & adapt to the team plan.
She ignored her role and batted for own milestones.
Lack of keeping the momentum going which was putting extra pressure on other batters."
Raj's 50 against Ireland in the same tournament in which she ended up playing 25 dot balls was also criticized by the coach, Powar.
Her relationship with the T20 team's captain Harmanpreet Kaur is also said to be strained.
However after reappointment of Ramesh Powar as Head coach of Indian womens' cricket team in May 2021 , the two have reconciled.
Mithali and Harmanpreet also confirmed no bad blood against each other across various interviews.
Outside cricket
Personal life and interests
Raj is a Bharatanatyam dancer.
After the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures acquired the rights to make a feature film on Raj's life.
She said "Hoping that this movie inspires more people, especially young girls to take up sports as a career."
The biopic is in planning and the shoot is scheduled to start in 2019.
Raj said "I think Priyanka Chopra will be a great choice (to play me in the biopic).
Our personalities match a lot.
I am not a movie buff, so I'd love the experts to do their job."
However, it was decided that Taapsee Pannu will play the role of Mithali Raj in the biopic named Shabaash Mithu.
It will be directed by Rahul Dholakia in 2020.
Davis Ansah Opoku is a Ghanaian politician, a member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
He serves as the Deputy Ranking Member of the Public Accounts Committee and a member of the works & Housing Committee of Parliament
On Thursday, 13th September 1984, Davis was born in Accra to Sampson Opoku of Kwahu Asakraka and Helena Opoku of Obomeng Kwahu
Davis is an old student of Nkwatia Secondary School and later to the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, where he aquired a degree in Laboratory Technology and  is training as a Solicitor in England & Wales at the University of Laws, London, UK.
He has also studied media and Public Relations at Leicester University.
U.K. Davis is a graduate from the prestigious University of London, UK, where he studied Law and holds a certificate in Strategic Political Communication from the International Academy for Leadership (IAF), Germany.
Davis started his career as a public relations consultant and a public interest advocate and has more than a decade of agency, corporate, nonprofit and startup experience.
He is also the  founder and CEO of Siri Communications, an I.T., Public Relations and Media Management Services firm, Which he has assisted clients both large and small, in industries as varied as technology and healthcare to Agribusiness and publishing.
He's worked with the National Health Insurance Authority as Deputy Director (Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive) and assisited in the implementation of the NHIS Mobile Renewal code.
The code is a convenient method to renew NHIS policy by dialling dedicated NHIS short-code *929# and can be accessed from all networks.
As an advocate with public interest, Davis has served as Director of Communications, then later as Director of Operations for the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG).
The role of the group was to expose some alleged rots during the NDC term in office.
During the 2008 elections Davis served as the President of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON), the New Patriotic Party's intelligential wing (NPP), He Stimulated the students of the University of Cape Coast to various community engagements, where they worked with the then party Chairman Duncan Smith and some NPP Regional Executives .
Prior to the 2008 General elections, during one of the biggest rally to present then Candidate Nana Akufo Addo, he was given the opportunity to speak to some sections of Ghana's Youth his delivery caught the Eye of some top executives of the party.
OPK as he is called by some of his colleague is Known for his dedication and loyalty to the NPP Party.
Davis was key in bringing to birth the pressure group, Let My Vote Count Movement (LMVC), which was a force to reckon during the 2012 Presidential Electoral Petition which they later seek some reforms on the electoral process through advocacy and judicial process.
Davis Opoku Ansah in 2019 did his national service at the parliament and was part of the National Mock Parliament of the Ghana @ 50 celebrations and in 2021 became a full member of parliament for the Mpreaso Constituency.
His Passion about the development of  Kwahu led him to form the Kwahu Professionals Network which he is serving as the first president.
The Kwahu Professionals Network can now boast of over thousand two hundred active members, with some branches in the UK and North America.
Davis is a devoted Christian who is married to Anita and together they are blessed with three children.
Jacquie O'Sullivan (born 7 August 1960) is an English singer who is a member of Shillelagh Sisters and Bananarama.
He is best known for his manga series Detective Conan (1994–present), known as Case Closed in some English-speaking countries.
As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 200 million copies in print worldwide.
Siobhan Marie Fahey (born 10 September 1958) is an Irish singer and songwriter who is a member of Shakespear's Sister and Bananarama.
Sarah Elizabeth Dallin (born 17 December 1961) is an English singer who is a member of Bananarama.
Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961) is an English singer and songwriter who is a member of Bananarama.
Dale Frances Bozzio (born Consalvi; born March 2 1955) is an American vocalist who is a member of Missing Persons.
This is the list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) firsts by year
*1998
In 1998 was the first time that an openly transgender person won the Eurovision Song Contest.
In 2009 [American] daytime TV's first lesbian wedding, was shown.
the first Jamaican artist to publicly come out; She did so on 28 June 2012; She wrote "Yes I am a Lesbian" ,to her fans from her official Facebook web page.
Alimony is the idea that two people who are married are responsible for each other: This also means that if they separate or get divorced, the partner with more money or other resources has to pay a sum of money to the partner with less.
The meaning of the term goes back to the  Latin, alimentum (which means food).
The Code of Hammurabi (1754 BC) says that a man has to provide for his wife so she can raise his children:
If a man wish to separate from a woman who has borne him children, or from his wife who has borne him children: then he shall give that wife her dowry, and a part of the [fruits] of field, garden, and property, so that she can rear her children.
When she has brought up her children, a portion of all that is given to the children, equal as that of one son, shall be given to her.
She may then marry the man of her heart.
During the reign of Trajan (1st century) the state supported families with many children.
This support was known as "alimenta."
The picture shows a Denarius, a Roman coin of the time.
On the coin, the words "ALIM.ITAL."
can be read.
They stand for "alimenta Italia."
The coin also shows Abundantia, the goddess of abundance (of food) with her children.
The Code of Justinian also talks about alimony.
Since the 16th century
People began to pay alimony in the modern way starting in the 16th century:  The Latin word sustentatio was directly translated.
The idea was one of the first forms of social security: Family members should support each other, in case of need.
English church courts awarded alimony in cases of separation and divorce.
Alimony pendente lite  was given before the divorce decree, based on the husband's duty to support the wife during a marriage that still continued.
Alimony after the divorce was also based on the idea that church courts could not undo a marriage.
They could only give a divorce a mensa et thoro,  which is similar to a legal separation today.
As divorce did not end the marriage, the husband still had to support his wife.
In the 19th century, divorce laws were changed, and became more liberal.
Divorce was still only possible in the case of marital misconduct.
As a result, the requirement to pay alimony became linked to the concept of fault in the divorce.
Alimony to wives was paid because it was assumed that the marriage, and the wife's right to support, would have continued but for the misbehavior of the husband.
Ending alimony on divorce would have permitted a guilty husband to profit from his own misconduct.
In contrast, if the wife committed the misconduct, she was considered to have lost any claim to ongoing support.
During this period, parties could rarely afford alimony, and it was rarely awarded by courts.
As husbands' incomes increased, and with it the possibility of paying alimony, the awarding of alimony increased, generally because a wife could show a need for ongoing financial support, and the husband had the ability to pay.
No-fault divorce led to changes in alimony.
Whereas spousal support was considered a right under the fault-based system, it became conditional under the no-fault approach.
According to the American Bar Association, marital fault is a "factor" in awarding alimony in twenty-five states and the District of Columbia.
Permanent alimony began to fall out of favor, as it prevented former spouses from beginning new lives, though in some states (e.g., Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Tennessee), permanent alimony awards continued, but with some limitations.
Alimony moved beyond support to permitting the more dependent spouse to become financially independent or to have the same standard of living as during the marriage or common law marriage, though this was not possible in most cases.
In the 1970s, the United States Supreme Court ruled against gender bias in alimony awards.
That means that men could get alimony from their wives, not only women from husbands.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of male alimony recipients rose from 2.4% in 2001 to 3.6% in 2006.
In states like Massachusetts and Louisiana, the salaries of new spouses may be used in determining the alimony paid to the previous partners.
Most recently, in several high-profile divorces, women such as Britney Spears, Victoria Principal, and Jessica Simpson have paid multimillion-dollar settlements instead of alimony to ex-husbands.
According to divorce lawyers, aggressive pursuit of spousal support by men is becoming more common, as the stigma associated with asking for alimony fades.
People covered
Today, most countries have laws about alimony.
Usually, the following people are covered:
Direct line of succession: parents need to care for their children.
As a special case: parents need to care for their children who are not yet adult, or who are doing some form of education.
Adopted children: Parents also need to care for adopted children, in much the same way as they care for their own children
Extended family: If two people are married (or they live in a relationship that resembles marriage): People are also responsible for the spouses of their children, and (to some extent) their families.
Very often this no longer applies in the case of a divorce, if there are no children.
There's usually no alimony between the children of the first marriage, and the new partner of the parent and his or her family.
Between married people: They have the duty to care for each other, and to contribute to the common household.
In some cases, this also applies to people living in marriage-like arrangements (often called cohabitation, in English).
Non-monetary support
Caring can be in the form of paying money, but it can also be one of the following:
Providing a home, a place to live
Being the legal guardian of a someone (called conservatorship, in the United States)
Caring for someone who is sick, or in bad health
Providing food, or clothing
Giving someone an education
Allowing them to spend their free time using leisure activities
Pocket money (usually called allowance) - a small amount of money those cared for can spend on things they like.
Go, Dog.
is an Canadian-American animated television series developed by Adam Peltzman.
in 2021 for the Netflix.
Michela Luci as Tag Barker
Callum Shoniker as Scooch Pooch
Katie Griffin as Ma Barker
Martin Roach as Paw Barker
Tajja Isen as Cheddar Biscuit
Lyon Smith as Spike Barker
In the US dub, Smith also voices Gilber Barker
Judy Marshank as Grandma Marge Barker
Patrick McKenna as Grandpaw Mort Barker
Linda Ballantyne as Lady Lydia
Ballantyne also voices Sgt Pooch
Joshua Graham as Sam Whippet
Zarina Rocha as Kit Whiserton
Deven Mack as Fetcher
David Berni as Frank
Gerard McCarthy as Leo
Anand Rajaram as Beans
Julie Lemieux as Hattie
Danny Smith as Yellow
Paul Buckley, Reno Selmser and Zoe D'Andrea as the Barkapellas
Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (Ευστρατίου); May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) was an American actor.
He was known for his role as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).
He was also known for playing Principal Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award in 1970.
Constantine died at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 31, 2021, at age 94.
The Tangerang prison fire was a fire in an overcrowded prison block in the city of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, in Greater Jakarta.
The fire happened on 8 September 2021 in sector C of the Tangerang prison.
It killed 49 inmates and injured 72 others.
This was the deadliest fire in Indonesia since the 2017 Tangerang fireworks disaster, which killed at least 49 people.
The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques) are an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt.
The band released their debut single "100,000 Fireflies" in 1991.
The House of Tomorrow, official site of TMF & side projects
Aging Spinsters, a Stephin Merritt fan blog
Stephin Songs, an informative fan site
Strange Powers, official site of the TMF documentary
Robert P. Hollenbeck Sr. (
November 5, 1931 – September 5, 2021) was an American Democratic Party politician.
He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1974 until 1986.
Hollenbeck was born in Carlstadt, New Jersey.
Hollenbeck died on September 5, 2021 in Barnegat Township, New Jersey at the age of 89.
Carlstadt is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,127.
Barnegat Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census the township's population was 20,936.
Betty Karnette (September 13, 1931 – September 8, 2021) was an American politician.
She was a member of the  California State Assembly 1992 to 1994 and from 2004 to 2008 and in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2004.
She was born in Democratic Party.
Karnette was born in Paducah, Kentucky.
Karnette died on September 8, 2021 in Long Beach, California just five days before her 90th birthday.
Join California Betty Karnette
Dietmar Lorenz (23 September 1950 – 8 September 2021) was an East German judoka.
He competed for SC Dynamo Hoppegarten under the Sportvereinigung Dynamo.
He was born in Schleiz, Thuringia.
Lorenz won a gold and bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Lorenz died on 8 September 2021, aged 70.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Melnik (; 11 June 1958 – 8 September 2021) was a Russian movie director.
His best known works were Terra Nova (2008) and Territory (2015).
Melnik died after slipping and falling at the Kitabo-Oron waterfall near Norilsk, Russia on 8 September 2021 at the age of 63.
Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev tried to rescue Melnik, however Zinichev also fell to his death.
Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor and comedian.
He was best known for his role as Lt./Capt./Cmdt.
Mauser in Police Academy 2 and Police Academy 3.
Metrano was born in New York City.
His career began in 1961 and he retired in 2008.
On September 8, 2021, Metrano died at his home in Aventura, Florida of natural causes, aged 84.
Ludovico Vico (11 February 1952 – 8 September 2021) was an Italian politician.
He was born in Taranto, Italy.
He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from 2006 until 2013 and again from 2015 until 2018.
Vico died on 8 September 2021 in Manduria, Italy at the age of 69.
Manduria is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Taranto.
About 32,000  people lived here in 2013.
It is located  east of Taranto.
Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian footballer and manager.
He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.
He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège, Panionios G.S.S. and Trabzonspor.
Braems was born in Zottegem, Belgium.
Sir Timothy James Alan Colman  (19 September 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a British businessman.
He was the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk from 1978 until 2004.
Colman was born in Henstead, Norfolk, England.
Colman died on 9 September 2021, at the age of 91.
Marian Duś (25 June 1938 – 9 September 2021) was a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop.
He was the Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw from 1986 until 2013.
In 2013, he became Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw.
Duś was born in Róża, Poland.
Duś died on 9 September 2021 in Warsaw at the age of 83.
Caspar Einem (6 May 1948 – 9 September 2021) was an Austrian politician and businessman.
He was a board member of Jetalliance.
Einem was born in Salzburg, Austria.
Einem was the Minister of the Interior from 1995 until 1997.
From 2000 until 2007, he was a member of the National Council.
Einem died on 9 September 2021 in Vienna, Austria at the age of 73.
Caspar Einem's homepage
The Austrian Parliament on Caspar Einem
Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( English: Brazilian Academy of Letters) is a Brazilian literary non-profit society.
It was created in 1897 by a group of 40 writers and poets.
Academia Brasileira de Letras
Tarcísio Meirelles Padilha (17 April 1928 – 9 September 2021) was a Brazilian philosopher.
He was Chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 2000 until 2001.
In 1997, he was elected a member of the academy.
Padilha died on 9 September 2021 in Rio de Janeiro from COVID-19 at the age of 93.
Danilo Popivoda (; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a Slovenian footballer and manager.
He played for the Yugoslavia national team twenty times between 1972 until 1977.
He played for the team during the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
He was born in Lovćenac, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Popivoda died on 9 September 2021 in Bijela, Montenegro at the age of 74.
Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Jamaican-Canadian fashion model.
Harlow has vitiligo and often raises awareness of the condition.
In 2014, she was a contestant for America's Next Top Model.
Laurence Allen Elder (born April 27, 1952) is an American conservative talk radio host, author, politician and lawyer.
He hosts The Larry Elder Show.
Elder was a Republican candidate for Governor of California to replace Democrat Gavin Newsom in the 2021 recall election.
However, the recall election was not successful.
He later announced his candidacy for the 2022 gubernatorial election.
Joel Stephen "Joey" Greco (born February 29, 1972) is an American television personality and actor.
He was the host of the reality TV show Cheaters for ten seasons.
Greco was born in Long Island, New York.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdullah Bin Baz ( ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullāh bin Bāz) (21 November 1912 - 13 May 1999), also known as Sheikh Bin Baz, was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar.
He dedicated his life to the spiritual guidance of his students and the Muslim community at large, and was particularly concerned with the state of the Islamic world.
He was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999.
He was got King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam in 1982.
His intense knowledge of Islamic doctrine and shar’ia and significant contributions to Islamic research and education gained him the respect of Muslims worldwide.
BURKE'S REDEMPTIVE CYCLE OF RHETORIC APPLIED TO EIGHT FATWAS ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA REGARDING SAUDI PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST Persian GULF WAR, BY SYDNEY PASQUINELL; see Appendix for English language texts of the Eight Fatwas.
Muhammad b. al-Haj Nuh b. Nijati b. Adam al-Ishqudri al-Albani al-Arnauti (), also known as Albani (16 August 1914 – October 2, 1999), is considered by many academics as probably the greatest Islamic scholar of the 20th Century.
He was born in Shkodra, the old capital of Albania, in 1914 and moved as a child with his family to Damascus where he completed his early education and received rigorous tutelage in Arabic and Islamic studies by prominent scholars of that time.
Meanwhile, he worked as a clock and watch repairer to help support his family.
He was got King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1999.
Shaikh Al-Albani started to specialize in Hadith and related subjects in the 1930s and by the age of 20; he transcribed and commented on Al-Hafez al-Iraqi’s monumental text “Al-Mughnee ‘an hamlil-Asfar,” followed by a series of other books, lectures and influential articles in Al-Manar magazine.
It was not long before he surpassed all of his contemporaries to become the world’s leading authority in Hadith sciences.
He wrote or edited more than 300 books and manuscripts, many of which became major references for Hadith scholars.
The Albaani Site – Translations from His Works – Updated Regularly
Official Website of Sheikh Al-Albani
Pages 6-7: Al-Albani's Revolutionary Approach to Hadith - 2-page article on Al-Albani's hadith methodology in a backdrop to nepotism among Salafi scholars in Saudi Arabia
Albanian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Syrian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
20th-century Albanian writers
20th-century Syrian writers
Albanian Arabic-language writers
Albanian Islamic religious leaders
People from Shkodër
Albanian Salafis
Syrian Salafis
Wahhabism
Sunni imams
Critics of Shia Islam
Watchmakers (people)
Albanian emigrants to Syria
Atharis
Zahiris
Syrian Islamic religious leaders
Biographical evaluation scholars
Launched by the King Faisal Foundation and granted for the first time in 1979, the King Faisal Prize recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science.
It's the most prestigious Award of the Muslim World.
It's aim is to benefit Muslims in their present and future, inspire them to participate in all aspects of civilization, as well as enrich human knowledge and develop mankind.
KFP winners are evaluated only based on merit and their works are meticulously examined by specialized selection committees.
The strict selection procedure meets international standards, and many of the laureates who have been awarded the prize went on to receive other prestigious prizes.
Official Website of King Faisal Prize
Complete List of All-time Winners of King Faisal Award
PDF: Official Archive of all-time winners
King Faisal Awards 2014
Rays of Light and Brightness: The King Faisal International Prize by Peter Harrigan, Saudi Aramco World Magazine, Sep/Oct 2000, Vol 51, Nmbr 5
Religion-related awards
Science and technology awards
Saudi Arabian awards
1979 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian literary awards
Islamic awards
Magnitogorsk () is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
As of 2012, the city has 410,733 people.
Magnitogorsk was founded in 1929 and built upon an expanse of iron rich land towards the southern part of the Ural.
Magnitogorsk was modeled after its American counterpart in Gary, Indiana, became the largest steel plant in the world.
A documentary believed The Russian Miracle Part II: Into the Future from c. 1961,.
The crown jewel of the Stalin’s First Five Year Plan, and one of the historic symbols for what came to be known as the ‘building of socialism’, is one of the achievements that this film profiles.
Magnitogorsk was both in Europe and Asia.
It is 511 kilometers southwest from Yekaterinburg, 302 kilometers southwest from Chelyabinsk and 1,700 kilometers southeast from Moscow.
Magnitogorsk has a distinct four-season humid continental climate, which is same to those found in the Great Plains with warmer summers than subarctic climates, but Magnitogorsk has severe winters for the latitude.
This climate type is typical for southern Russia, far from oceans.
The average July high is around 25 °C (77 °F) with lows of 13 °C (55 °F) with January averages is from −10 °C (14 °F) in daytime high to −18 °C (0 °F) in average low.
Temperatures approaching 34 °C (93 °F) or above have been measured from May to September with severe frosts below −36 °C (−33 °F) have been measured in all other months than that except transitional months April and October.
The King Faisal Foundation (KFF) is an international philanthropic organization established in 1976 with the mission of preserving and perpetuating King Faisal’s legacy.
Following in the steps of King Faisal who had his eyes set on advancement while keeping a foot in tradition, KFF has gained global outreach as it pushes the boundaries to empower the generations of the future.
With its wide portfolio of investments, KFF is able to retain its financial autonomy, which allows this vast operation to keep creating and developing programs that serve its purpose.
Since its establishment and until 2019, KFF has spent over 2.3 billion Saudi Riyals to support its pillar programmes, philanthropic projects and educational scholarships.
KFF’s first project was completed in 1979, a milestone followed by endless achievements that have created a positive impact on the advancement of communities all over the world.
Since its establishment and until 2015, KFF has spent over 1.9 billion Saudi Riyals to support its pillar programmes, philanthropic projects and educational scholarships.
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies  - official website
Peter Harrigan, 2000, Rays of Light and Brightness: The King Faisal International Prize, Saudi Aramco World
1976 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Cultural organisations based in Saudi Arabia
Organizations established in 1976
Ahmad Hussein Deedat (; ) was a renowned Muslim thinker, author, orator and scholar of comparative religion.
Born in Surat (India) in 1918, he joined his father in South Africa in 1927.
He was able to learn English in a short time and was a bright pupil.
However, he had to leave school at the age of 16 to support his family.
He vigorously pursued self-education, including extensive studies on comparative religion, while working in a furniture shop.
He was profoundly influenced by observing that, in addition to racial discrimination, the authorities used religious ideology to “numb the masses,” and that there was a profound misunderstanding of Islam among non- Muslims.
He was inspired by the concept of holding interreligious public debates, which he read about in Kairanvi’s book “Truth Revealed” He delivered his first lecture, entitled “Mohammad: Messenger of Islam” in a movie theater in Durban, with only 15 people attending.
Within a short time, his lectures attracted thousands of people who crossed the racial barrier to listen to him and ask questions.
What distinguished Deedat from his contemporaries was his intensive knowledge of the Bible and Holy scriptures, coupled with his command of English.
Following this tremendous initial success, The 51 Shaikh decided to dedicate his life to the explanation of Islam and promotion of its values.
His contributions, especially in the field of comparative religion, extended for more than 40 years and included his authorship of numerous books and manuscripts in addition to hundreds of audio-taped lectures, televised programs and public debates on Islam.
Sheikh Deedat almost single-handedly established the As-Salam Center to train propagators of Islam and provide them with theological tools to defend it.
He also founded and chaired the Islamic Propagation Center International in Durban, South Africa.
muslims
Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Nāṣir al-Sa’dī from al-Sa’dī, the Shaykh, descended of the Tamīm tribe, was born in the town of ʿUnaizah in al-Qaṣīm on the 12th of Muḥarram in the year 1307H. His mother died when he was four years old, and his father died when he was seven.
As a result, he grew up an orphan but he had a stable upbringing.
He was an Islamic Scholar from Saudi Arabia.
And also was a teacher and a author in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia.
He authored more than 40 books in several different fields including tafsir, fiqh, and 'aqidah.
He had already attracted attention at a young age with his intelligence and his strong enthusiasm for learning.
After the death of his father, he had read the Qurʾān, then thoroughly memorised it by the time he was eleven years old.
Then he began learning from the learned men of his town and those who visited it.
He worked hard until he acquired a respectable amount of knowledge in every field.
When he reached the age of twenty-three, he began teaching.
Like that, he used to both learn and teach, and the entirety of his time was spent doing that.
It was like that until in the year 1351H, he was placed in charge of education in his town, and became a mentor for all the students.
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Salafis
The word ‘Tafsir’ comes from the root word ‘fassara’, which means to expound or to explain.
Therefore, Tafsir of Quran means the explanation or interpretations of the verses of Quran.
The Tafsir of Quran is not something done by anyone with ordinary or common intellect and understanding of Islam, rather it is done by people after obtaining extensive knowledge about Islam and reading the history of Islam thoroughly.
The objective of a Tafsir is to find out the true meanings of the verses of Quran, so that the audience could benefit from it and know the right and true message of Quran.
Quran is the word of Allah Almighty, therefore, in order to understand it in the true sense, a person has to sharpen his or her intellectual ability as well as increase the knowledge.
When one is at a particular intellectual level, only then can he or she start understanding the true message, which Allah Almighty conveyed through words of Quran.
Pertaining to the explanation of Quran for the understanding of general audience, different people have tried to write the Tafsir of Quran.
Although Muslims recite Quran and try reading it with translation, however, the reading of Tafsir has its own importance.
The lines below discuss what Tafsir is, why is it important and its different kinds.
Importance of Tafsir
There is a variety of reasons why Tafsir is important and people consult Tafsir when it comes to understanding of Quran.
The few important reasons that make Tafsir important are as follows:
Firstly, it tries to explain Quran so that the understanding of the reader about Quran and its message increases.
Reading only the translation can give the literal meanings of the words of Quran, however, Tafsir comes with context in which a particular Ayah was revealed, hence giving a context to each and every word, which consequently means a better understanding of Quran and its verses.
If you want to read Quran with its translation, you can enroll for the online Quran Translation course now and start knowing the verses with their meanings.
Secondly, Tafsir is also important when it comes to driving out the laws of Islam from Quran.
Verses of Quran come with instructions, and then there are the hadiths of Prophet that also gives instructions.
Thus, Tafsir combines both and gives a complete and comprehendible set of instructions to the reader.
Thirdly, when there is no science involved in the interpretation of Quran, then ambiguity and contradiction is surely to rise.
When there is Tafsir of Quran available, that contains the scientific method of analysis of verses, the chances of ambiguity and conflict decrease.
Hence, instead of ambiguous interpretations there are clear explanations.
Aqidah (Arabic: عقيدة‎, romanized: ʿaqīdah, plural عقائد ʿaqāʾid, also ʿaqīda, aqeeda etc.)
is an Islamic term of Arabic origin.
It means creed (Arabic pronunciation: [ʕɑˈqiːdæ, ʕɑˈqɑːʔɪd]).
Different Islamic theologians have different views on aqidah.
The term has a significant technical usage in Islamic theology: it means those matters over which Muslims hold conviction.
It is a branch of Islamic studies describing the beliefs of Islam.
The Girl on a Motorcycle (French: La motocyclette) is a 1968 British French erotic romantic drama movie.
It stars Marianne Faithfull, Alain Delon, Roger Mutton, Marius Goring, Catherine Jourdan, Jacques Marin and André Maranne.
Bedlam is a 1946 American horror thriller movie directed by Mark Robson and was based on the 18th century painting A Rake's Progress.
It stars Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Ian Wolfe, Glen Vernon, Jason Robards, Sr.,
Leyland Hodgson and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw is an American fashion model, actress, and lifestyle blogger.
She is a granddaughter of William Randolph.
Sunda Shelf is a continental shelf located in Southeast Asia.
It is forms the second largest submerged extension of a continental margin in world.
Most of platform is covered by shallow seas– including the southerm South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand, and tha Java Sea– with depth averaging less than 330 foot (100 metres).
Much of the Sunda Shelf's total are of 690.0002 miles (1.800.000 km2) ia occupied by the Indonesian islands of Borneo, Java and Sumatra.
Rising sea levels since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), some ~20.000 years ago, has drowned the Sunda Shelf, has been derived from a siliciclastic system on a tectonically stable Shelf in Southeast Asia.
Sundaland
Sahul Shelf
Hana Soukupová (born 18 December 1985) is a Czech supermodel.
She was one of the participants of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows and modelled for the Victoria's Secret catalog.
Soukupová was born on 18 December 1985 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
Her height, motivated her to begin  playing basketball for a local team.
She started playing at the age of five years.
Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican Canadian Islamic Scholar who converted to Islam in the early seventies after journeying politically and intellectually from Christianity to Communism.
Shortly after his reversion to Islam, he embarked on a spiritual academic journey to the other side of the world seeking Islamic knowledge.
This journey took him to Saudi Arabia where he completed a BA in Islamic studies in Madeenah, and an MA in Islamic Theology in Riyadh, then to the University of Wales, UK, where he completed a PhD in Islamic Theology in the early nineties.
After graduation from Madeenah, Dr Bilal became a teacher of Islamic studies for 10 years in an Islamic High School, Manaret Riyadh, and a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic studies in the American University in Dubai, UAE, for another 10 years.
During his 10 years in the UAE, he founded and taught at the Islamic Information Center in Dubai, and during his subsequent 7 years in Qatar he has been an Islamic consultant and lecturer for the Islamic Information wing of Sh.
Eed Charity.
Bilal Philips has written, translated and commented on over 50 published books on various Islamic topics.
He has also edited and published the 56 book Eemaan Reading Series for children and presented Islamic programs for a number of years on Riyadh Channel 2TV, Sharjah TV for ten years, as well as Peace TV, Huda TV, Islam Channel, UK, and the Deen Show, Chicago, USA.
In 2002 Dr Philips founded and headed the Islamic studies department of Preston University, Ajman, UAE, and in 2007 he founded and headed the Islamic Studies Academy, Doha, Qatar, while simultaneously launching the International Open University (https://iou.edu.gm/) which is currently offering free Islamic courses to over 100,000 registered students from over 207 different countries world wide, and for which he was included in the Jordanian publication, The 500 Most Influential Muslims (latest edition).
Bilal subsequently founded and headed, in 2008, the English medium Islamic studies department of Knowledge International University, who’s Chancellor is Shaikh Dr. ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Abdil-Azeez Al Sudais and who’s President of the board of trustees is Shaikh ‘Abdul-Azeez ibn ‘Abdullah Al Shaikh, Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
More recently, in 2009, Dr Bilal Philips founded and headed the College of Da’wah and Islamic Culture (English Section), Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, and established and directed Preston International College (www.prestonchennai.ac.in) in Chennai, India.
In March 2010, Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips launched, for the first time in history, an accredited tuition-free BA in Islamic Studies degree course at the International Open University (https://iou.edu.gm/stream/bais/).
Bilal Philips Official Website
Islamic University of Madinah alumni
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais was born in the city of Qassim, Saudi Arabia in the year 1961, is a Saudi world renown Qari.
In addition to being the Chief Imam and Khateeb of Masjid Al Haram in Makkah, he is also the President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques.
At the tender age of 12, Al Sudais had memorized the Holy Qur’an, and completed his preliminary education in the ‘Al Muthana Bin Harith Elementary School ‘ and graduated in 1979 with excellent grades.
The renowned Imam studied in Riyadh University – presently known as King Saud  University, received a degree in Sharia in 1983, and a Master from the Sharia College of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in 1987.
In 1995 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University and he is one of the senior teachers in the Faculty of Sharia at the same place.
Sheikh Al Sudais is known for his magnanimous voice and for his emotional, overwhelming recitation of the Quran in accordance with Tajweed.
Every believer of the Muslim Ummah is not alien to this voice, so much so that Sheikh Abdul Rehman Al Sudais was even appointed by King Salman to deliver Hajj Khutbah in the year 2016/1437.
In 2005, he received the prize of the ‘ Islamic Personality Of the year’ in the 9th annual Dubai International Holy Quran Award.
Sheikh Sudais is currently overlooking the progress of the much talked about expansion of both Masjids in Makkah and Madinah, as the expansion in Masjid Al Haram targets completion at the earliest.
Quran recitation by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais on Google Play (free listening and free download)
Salaat and other recordings (Audio / Video) Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais Recitation of complete Quran
Based on Koranic Verses, Interpretations, and Traditions, Muslim Clerics State: The Jews Are the Descendants of Apes, Pigs, And Other Animals by Aluma Solnick (MEMRI Special Report - No.
November 1, 2002)
A question of leadership (BBC.
Panorama) August 21, 2005
Statement of the Islamic Thinkers Society on As-Sudais
Islam and antisemitism
Saudi Arabian Muslims
People who memorized the Quran
Saudi Arabian Quran reciters
King Saud University alumni
Antisemitism in Saudi Arabia
Umm al-Qura University alumni
The hidden walking leaf frog (Phyllomedusa tetraploidea) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Argentina, and part of Paraguay.
Umm Al-Qura University, despite its recent establishment and its current demarcation, remains one of the most distinguished universities by virtue of its location and heritage.
Umm Al-Qura University has emerged as an academic institution with a great academic reputation in Sharia sciences, education and Islamic studies, in addition to modern scientific and applied disciplines.
Since the establishment of its first college, Umm Al-Qura University has passed through three historical stages; The first stage (1369-1391 AH); The first launch of Umm Al-Qura University dates back to the year 1369 AH, when the College of Sharia was established as the first edifice in higher education in its modern sense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sharia was established in 1381 AH, and it was called the College of Sharia and Education, and in 1382 AH the College of Education was established in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, independent of the College of Sharia.
Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais, also Imam and the President of the Decision-Making Council at the Masjid-al-Haraam
Assim al-Hakeem is an Saudi Arabian Islamic Scholar.
Umm Al-Qura's Official website
Colleges and universities in Saudi Arabia
Liisa Winkler is a Canadian fashion model.
Life and Education
Winkler grew up in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
She studied at the Quinte Ballet School of Canada and was married to Ryan Boorne.
She has  two children.
Huda TV is a Satellite TV and internet television channel free-to-air, English language, Islamic-focused, offers the message of Islam in English.
It was Launched in 2005.
There are many satellite channels available to viewers around the world, but one in particular stands out in terms of quality programming, decency and commitment to the message of Islam.
Huda has a team of hard-working people from all over the world.
These people have vast knowledge in different aspects of life and Islamic practice and perceptions.
The Muslim world is not confined to one particular area of the earth; there are now Muslims in every corner of the globe.
Huda plays the important role of drawing them together under the light of the everlasting message of Islam that is pertinent for all eras and places until the end of time.
Huda is committed to delving into the issues that concern Muslims wherever they are and also raises subjects that are important to think about and resolve in today’s complicated world.
As Muslims struggle to understand Islam and practice it in today’s modern environment, Huda is a light that shines, illuminating the way; clarifying complicated issues, motivating and inspiring the hearts and continually reminding our viewers to turn to Almighty Allah, seeking His mercy and guidance in every aspect of life.
Huda seeks to be your comprehensive satellite channel offering a wide variety of programs.
By watching Huda you can learn the correct recitation of Quran, learn the Arabic language, be entertained with quiz shows, learn calligraphy, cooking or enjoy our variety of children’s programs.
Wherever you are, you can turn to Huda and learn and enjoy in an atmosphere of decency, piety and inspiration.
Hamad Al-Ghammas, chairman of the board of directors.
Jamil Rashid, Director of Huda TV.
Assim al-Hakeem
Yusuf Estes.
Zakir Naik.
Jaafar Sheikh Idris
Abu Usamah at-Thahabi
Suhaib Hasan AbdulGhaffar
Dr. Muhammad Salah.
Bilal Philips
King Abdulaziz University is a public university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The establishment of this university was in the year 1387 AH / 1967 AD as a private university, with the aim of spreading higher education in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
With the efforts of the loyal people of this country, the dream turned into reality and the idea came into existence, as the members of the Preparatory Committee had a meeting with King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, and he expressed all support and support for the idea of ​​the project, and formed the founding committee of the university headed by the late King Faisal and His Excellency the Minister of Education at the time Sheikh Hassan bin Abdullah Al Sheikh.
The university began its first academic year in the year (1388 AH - 1968 AD) with the opening of the preparatory study program, with a small number of male and female students (68 males - 30 female students), and in the immediately following year, the first college in the university (the College of Economics and Administration) was opened, and in the following year a college was established Arts and Humanities
After the esteemed Council of Ministers issued a decision in the year (1391 AH) to annex the university to the state, and thus it was transformed from a private university to a governmental one, at the same time another decision was issued to include the faculties of Education, Sharia and Graduate Studies, which had been in existence since (1369 AH - 1949 AD) in Mecca Al-Mukarramah to King Abdul Aziz University, then separated after that to be attached to Umm Al-Qura University after its establishment.
Assim al-Hakeem is a Saudi Arabian Islamic Scholar.
KAU ranking from Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Faculty of Design and Arts
Smoky is a 1946 American western drama movie directed by Louis King and is the second adaption of the 1926 novel Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James.
It stars Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Bruce Cabot, Roy Roberts, Esther Dale, Burl Ives and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
In Arabic Alhamdulillah is written, ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ
The word is made of three parts: al, the definite article meaning “the”.
hamdu, which literal means “praise” li-llah (preposition + noun) Allah.
Putting this together we get “All Praise To Allah” or “Praise and thanks be to Allah”.
Mulgi Zali Ho () is an Indian Marathi language television Drama which airs on Star Pravah.
The show stars Sharvani Pillai, Kiran Mane, Divya Pugaonkar and Yogesh Sohoni in lead roles.
It is produced by Suzana Ghai, Hemant Ruprell and Ranjit Thakur under the banner of Panaroma Entertainment Pvt.
Divya Pugaonkar as Sajiri Vilas Patil / Sajiri Shaunak Jahagirdar (Mau) (2020- present)
Maithili Patwardhan as Young Sajiri (2020)
Yogesh Sohoni as Shaunak Jahagirdar (2020- present)
Sajiri's family
Sharvani Pillai as Uma Vilas Patil (2020- present)
Kiran Mane as Vilas Patil (2020- present)
Savita Malpekar as Damayanti Patil (2020- present)
Srujan Deshpande as Rohan Vilas Patil (2020- present)
Apoorva Sapkal as Akshara Vilas Patil / Akshara Deepak Rane (2020-present)
Divya's family