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Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية), [1] known in shorter form as Fatima al-Fihriya [2] or Fatima al-Fihri, [3] was an Arab woman who is credited with founding the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque in 857–859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
In mid-sixteenth century Istanbul, 36.8% of charitable endowments (awqāf) were founded by women. [206] In eighteenth century Cairo, 126 out of 496 charitable foundations (25.4%) were endowed by women. [207] Between 1770 and 1840, 241 out of 468 or 51% of charitable endowments in Aleppo were founded by women. [208]
The Templars constructed vaulted western and eastern annexes to the building; the western currently serves as the women's mosque and the eastern as the Islamic Museum. [ 81 ] After the Ayyubids under the leadership of Saladin reconquered Jerusalem following the siege of 1187 , several repairs and renovations were undertaken at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The first two women so ordained were Kathleen Margaret Brown and Irene Templeton. Sister Cora Billings was installed as a pastor in Richmond, VA, becoming the first black nun to head a parish in the U.S. [19] The Cantors Assembly, an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to ...
Oldest Islamic monument in Tripoli, [49] though its history is not well-known. [50] Likely built by the Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz in 973, though it may be older. [49] An inscription records that it was reconstructed in 1610–1611 (1019 AH). [50] Great Mosque of Tlemcen: Tlemcen Algeria: 1082
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750) For later military territorial expansion of Islamic states, see Spread of Islam. Early Muslim conquests Expansion under Muhammad, 622–632 Expansion under the Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661 Expansion under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750 Date ...
1975: Death of Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam among African Americans in North America. Warith Deen Muhammad assumes leadership of Nation of Islam and shifts movement toward Islamic Orthodoxy, renaming it American Muslim Mission. 1975: Sectarian civil war begins in Lebanon. Before it would end in 1991 outside powers, including Syria ...