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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Very few Muslims have excelled in their line of work like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has. Born as Lew Alcindor in 1947, his exceptional height...
MAX’s 3rd Annual Gala Set for October 6th
Toronto, September 6th, 2018 — Scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 6 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Toronto, the annual Muslim A...
Nana Asma‘u
Few women in African or Islamic history have been as celebrated as Nana Asma’u. Born in 1793, she was the daughter of Shaykh Uthman ibn...
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
While many personalities in Islamic history are respected as “polymaths” for their contributions to many different fields of knowledge ...
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Born in the late 8th century and living primarily in Baghdad, Al-Khwarizmi was one of the most influential mathematicians of all time. ...
Dalia Mogahed
Dalia Mogahed is the Director of Research at the Washington, D.C. based Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), an organi...
Muhammad Ali
Named the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, the Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated and Fighter of t...
Fatima Al-Fihri
Fatima Al-Fihri emigrated from present-day Tunisia to Fez, Morocco with her family in the early 9th century. Fatima and her sister Mari...
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was a physician born in al-Ray near Tehran (modern day Iran) in 251 H/ 865 CE. Among his many enduring an...