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Geert Wilders criticizes Islam as PVV joins Dutch coalition government

A few days before his party becomes part of a coalition government for the first time in the Netherlands, far-right PVV leader Geert Wilders criticized Islam on social media. On his X account, the politician wrote on Wednesday that Islam is «a disgusting, reprehensible, violent, and hateful religion». Wilders claimed his conclusion comes after «20 years of security, safe houses, 5 fatwas, thousands of death threats, and visiting many Islamic countries». He justified

When Moroccan merchant Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari converted the Maldives to Islam

For Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta, Maldivians were converted to Islam by a Berber merchant known as Abu al-Barakat Yusuf al-Barbari. In the Islands the Muslim scholar is regarded as a medieval hero who saved the nation from a sea monster.

Abdullah Quilliam, England’s first Muslim convert and his trip to Tangier

In the 1880s, British lawyer Abdullah Quilliam sailed to Tangier for a vacation. In the city he was impressed by Islam and Muslims and decided to renounce Christianity for the religion. Back to Liverpool, the man helped build one of the first mosques in the UK.

The Holy Quran

No.	Name of sura	Langues	Nb Ayats
1	The Opening		7
2	Al-Baqara		286
3	Al-i'Imran		200
4	An-Nisaa		176
5	Al-Maidah		120
6	Al-An'am		165
7	Al-A'raf		206
8	Al-Anfal		75
9	At-Tauba		129
10	Yunus		109
11	Hud		123
12	Yusuf		111
13	Ar-Ra'd		43
14	Ibrahim		52
15	Al-Hijr		99
16	An-Nahl		128
17	Al-Isra		111
18	Al-Kahf		110
19	Maryam		98
20	Ta-ha		135

Prayer times

	Fajr	Dohr	Maghreb
Berlin	02:55	13:25	21:31
Chicago	04:08	12:58	20:18
London	02:43	13:08	21:01
Los Angeles	04:42	13:00	20:03
Miami	05:35	13:28	20:15
New York	04:17	13:03	20:22
Ottawa	03:58	13:10	20:42
Seattle	03:49	13:16	20:56
Washington	05:06	13:22	20:23

Hadith