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The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada .
The portmanteau of the words 'Chus' and 'Muslim,' derived from 'chus' or 'chusna' (meaning 'to suck' in Hindi/Urdu), often used in internet forums and social media to mock or insult Indian Muslims. [75] Jihadi India: Muslims, especially fundamentalist Jihadists: Derives from jihad. [76] Kadrun: Indonesia: Islamic fundamentalism and reactionaries.
In Nyasaland (today Malawi) in the 1950s, a European shopping for meat for his Christmas dinner was offered "two well-fattened children". [ 179 ] German serial killer Joachim Kroll , nicknamed the "Duisburg Man-Eater", practised cannibalism from the mid-1950s until his arrest more than 20 years later, [ 180 ] murdering probably more than a ...
Isaak August Dorner. Isaak August Dorner (20 June 1809 – 8 July 1884) was a German Lutheran church leader. He served as a professor of theology at various institutions, including Tübingen, Kiel, Königsberg, Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin.
Donner, Louisiana, an unincorporated community; Donner Lake, a freshwater lake in California; Donner Memorial State Park, site of the Donner Camp, where the Donner party was trapped by snow; Donner Pass, a mountain pass in California; Donner Ski Ranch on Donner Summit, California; Donner und Blitzen River, a freshwater river in Oregon
Fred Donner argues that Muhammad turned against the Banu Qaynuqa because as artisans and traders, the latter were in close contact with Meccan merchants. [34] Weinsinck views the episodes cited by the Muslim historians used to justify their expulsion, such as a Jewish goldsmith humiliating a Muslim woman, as having no more than anecdotal value.
Ishak, Ishaq, Isak, Isaque, Isaac, Isaak, Isaach or Eshaq ([/ˈɪsħɑːq/] ISS-hahk; Arabic: إسحاق / ALA-LC: Isḥāq) is a masculine given name (first name), the Arabic form of Isaac. Ishak was the son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Sarah, patriarchs in the Bible and the Quran. The name Ishak means ‘One who laughs’ because Sarah laughed ...
The biblical patriarch Isaac, Isak (Arabic: إِسْحَاق or إِسْحٰق ʾIsḥāq) is recognized as a prophet of God by Muslims. [1] As in Judaism and Christianity , Islam maintains that Isaac was the son of the patriarch and prophet Abraham from his wife Sarah .