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Al Qaeda Offshoots

Terrorist groups that have grown out of Al Qaeda, where they are active, and their main tactics or targets. Flag of ISIS

Al Capone's Death

The Question: Where did Al Capone die? Was it in jail or after his sentence? The Answer: Al Capone spent the last year of his Alcatraz…

Deir al-Zour

(Encyclopedia) Deir al-Zour, Syria: see Dayr az Zawr.

Al-Hakam II

(Encyclopedia) Al-Hakam II: see Hakam II, al-.

Al Aswany, Alaa

(Encyclopedia) Al Aswany, Alaa, 1957–, Egyptian author, b. Cairo. The son of a novelist-lawyer, he was trained as a dentist at Cairo Univ. (grad. 1980) and the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (M.S.,…

Jaafari, Ibrahim al-

(Encyclopedia) Jaafari, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Ibrahim al-ēbrähēmˈ äl-jäˈfärē [key], 1947–, Iraqi political leader, b. Karbala as Ibrahim al-Eshaiker. A Shiite, a physician, and the leader of the Dawa…

Imru al-Kais

(Encyclopedia) Imru al-Kais: see Amru al-Kais.

Ibn al-Haytham

(Encyclopedia) Ibn al-HaythamIbn al-Haythamĭbˈən äl-hīth-ämˈ [key] or AlhazenIbn al-Haythamălhəzĕnˈ [key], 965–c.1040, Arab mathematician. Ibn al-Haytham was born in Basra, but made his career in…

Husseini, Amin al-

(Encyclopedia) Husseini, Amin al-Husseini, Amin al-ämēnˈ äl h&oobreve;sāˈnē [key], 1896?–1974, Arab political and religious leader. He was inveterately opposed to the creation of a Jewish state…

Abraj Al-Bait

(Encyclopedia) Abraj Al-Bait, complex of seven government-owned, mixed-use buildings in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The most impressive structure, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, is the tallest building in…