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Ma'had Al-Zaytun or Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School (Indonesian: Pondok Pesantren Al-Zaytun) is an Islamic boarding school located in Indramayu Regency, West Java.This Islamic boarding school is a business of the Yayasan Pesantren Indonesia (Indonesian Islamic Boarding School Foundation, YPI), which began construction on August 13, 1996.
Al-Karaouine played, in medieval times, a leading role in the cultural exchange and transfer of knowledge between Muslims and Europeans. Pioneer scholars such as Ibn Maimun (Maimonides) (1135–1204), Al-Idrissi (d.1166 AD), Ibn al-Arabi (1165–1240 AD), Ibn Khaldun (1332–1395 AD), Ibn al-Khatib , Al-Bitruji (Alpetragius), Ibn Hirzihim , and ...
In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...
26 June – The Islamic Brotherhood Front held a demonstration to demand the disbandment of the Al-Zaytun Islamic Boarding School and demand that its leader, Panji Gumilang be arrested. [71] [72] 30 June – Moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Yogyakarta, killing one and injuring more than 20. Hundreds of structures are reportedly damaged ...
Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque (Arabic: جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning the Mosque of Olive), is a major mosque at the center of the Medina of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the oldest in the city and covers an area of 5,000 square metres (1.2 acres) with nine entrances. [1]
Umm al-Zaytun (also spelled Umm ez-Zeitoun) is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated along the southeastern edge of the Lejah lava plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Umm al-Zaytun had a population of 1,913 in the 2004 census. [1] Its inhabitants are Druze.
Mongoose, a small carnivorous mammal from southern Eurasia or Africa, known for killing snakes; probably ultimately from a Dravidian language, with spelling influenced by the English word goose [31] Mung , a type of bean; ultimately from Sanskrit mudga (मुद्ग), which is the name of the bean and the plant, perhaps via Tamil mūngu ...
Zaytun or Zaitun, former names of the Chinese city of Quanzhou; Zeitoun, Cairo, also El-Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt; Zetounion, a former name of the Greek city Lamia; Zeytun, a former name of Süleymanlı, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey