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The Batak script (natively known as Surat Batak, Surat na Sampulu Sia ("the nineteen letters"), or Sisiasia) is a writing system used to write the Austronesian Batak languages spoken by several million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The script may be derived from the Kawi and Pallava script, ultimately derived from the Brahmi ...
Muhammad Quraish Shihab (Arabic: محمّد قريش شهاب; Muḥammad Qurayš Šihāb; born 16 February 1944) is an Indonesian Muslim scholar in the sciences of the Qur'an, an author, an Academic Scholar, and former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Seventh Development Cabinet (1998). He is the older brother of the former Coordinating ...
The Quran, [ c ] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [ d ] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allāh). It is organized in 114 chapters (surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses (āyah). Besides its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic ...
The word muslim (Arabic: مسلم, IPA: [ˈmʊslɪm]; English: ˈmʌzlɪm, ˈmʊzlɪm, ˈmʊslɪm (MUZZ-lim, MUUZ-lim, MUUSS-lim) or moslemˈmɒzləm, ˈmɒsləm (MOZ-ləm, MOSS-ləm) 72) is the active participle of the same verb of which islām is a verbal noun, based on the triliteral S-L-M "to be whole, intact". 73 74 A female adherent is a ...
629–636. Battles/wars. Battle of Sanita al-Uqab (634) Battle of Ajnadayn (634) Battle of Yarmuk (636) Khawla bint al-Azwar (Arabic: خولة بنت الازور; died 639), was an Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate. She played a major role in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and fought alongside her brother Dhiraar.
Siti Musdah Mulia in 2007. Siti Musdah Mulia (born 1958) is an Indonesian women's rights activist and professor of religion. [1] She was the first woman appointed as a research professor at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and is currently a lecturer of Islamic political thought at the School of Graduate Studies at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University.
Jawi (جاوي; Acehnese: Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani: Yawi; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒä.wi]) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Magindanawn, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, and Ternate. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all 31 original Arabic letters, six letters ...
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [ 9 ] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [ 10 ] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.