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Donald Trump and the Apocalypse

Edit The Atlantic 22 Feb 2016
Carlos Barria / Reuters ... [Sahih Muslim 2897]. The Islamic State constantly harps on this series of battles ... On the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn al-‘As, who said, “We were with [Muhammad] writing down what he was saying, when he was asked, ‘Which of the two cities will be conquered first? Constantinople or Rome?’ So Muhammad said, ‘The city of Heraclius will be the first to be conquered.’” Meaning the city of Constantinople ... ....

The end of empires

Edit Dawn 19 Feb 2016
WHEN Muslim armies boiled out of the Arabian desert and won a string of stunning victories in the seventh century, believers were convinced that they owed this success to divine intervention. But apart from their speed, tactics and zeal, the Muslim armies benefited from other factors as well ... Heraclius, the Roman emperor, decided on a risky counterstroke in which he led a task force north across the Armenian mountains into Persia ... ....

Fordham Installs First Meyendorff/Patterson Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies (Fordham University)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Oct 2015
(Source. Fordham University) ... 5 with the installation of its second endowed chair ... George Demacopoulos, inaugural holder of the Meyendorff/Patterson Chair. Photo by Chris Taggart ... Though originally a religious holiday, the feast took a political turn around the year 614, when Byzantine emperor Heraclius appropriated the symbol of the cross for his military pursuits, infusing Orthodox religious piety with a healthy dose of militarism....

Actually, Oldest Qur'ans are in Sanaa, Yemen & in Danger of Saudi Bombing

Edit Topix 23 Jul 2015
The discovery of a couple pages of a very old Qur'an , probably from the 640s CE ["AD"], in a library in Britain, has provoked a good deal of press reporting . Muslim tradition holds that the scripture was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad between roughly 610 CE and his death in 632, during the era when Heraclius was the emperor of Byzantium and the Tang Dynasty ruled China ... ....

Professor Zara Pogossian Co-Organizes International Conference in Paris on the Church of Aghtamar (John Cabot University)

Edit noodls 15 Sep 2014
(Source. John Cabot University). September 15, 2014. Philosophy Professor Zara Pogossian is one of the organizers of the international conference "," which will be held in Paris on September 22 and 23. The conference marks the eleven hundredth anniversary of the Church of Aghtamar, considered a masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture ... Pogossian will give the paper "From Heraclius to Gagik ... She holds an MA and Ph.D ... (noodl....

Ukraine crisis: 'Frozen conflicts' and the Kremlin

Edit BBC News 10 Sep 2014
Russia has been accused since the collapse of the USSR of destabilising its former Soviet neighbours to keep them in its orbit ... That was why Russia had annexed Crimea and destabilised eastern Ukraine, he said. Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ... Tried and true? ... "Religious affinities were cited when Georgia, under pressure from Muslim powers to the south, was absorbed by the Tsarist empire under Georgian King Heraclius II....

Kachchh: A gateway to India

Edit The Times of India 24 Jul 2014
Gujarat has long been associated with seafaring that brought wealth to the shores since time immemorial, but also helped creating the vibrant overseas community that made foreign lands their home and initiated cultural exchange ... Rituals and the sea ... In addition to a range of ceramics, important finds included local and regional coins, as well as a Byzantium Solidus or Heraclius dated to 638 CE and an Arab Umayaad dinar of 716 CE ... ....

Kutch an important destiantion in maritime archaeology: Experts

Edit The Times of India 24 Jul 2014
AHMEDABAD. Gujarat has long been associated with seafaring that brought wealth to the shores since time immemorial, but also helped creating the vibrant overseas community that made foreign lands their home and initiated cultural exchange ... In addition to a range of ceramics, important finds included local and regional coins, as well as a Byzantium Solidus or Heraclius dated to 638 CE and an Arab Umayaad dinar of 716 CE ... ....

You Don't Speak for Islam

Edit Huffington Post 23 Jul 2014
I wrote EXTREMIST specifically to respond to anti-Islam extremists and extremists claiming to act in Islam's name. ISIS falls into the latter category. Below is a summarized version of EXTREMIST's refutation of ISIS's inhumane platform ... The more accurate term is Ignorant Savages ... When the Muslims learned of a massive advance toward the city by the Roman emperor Heraclius, they felt they would not be able to protect its citizens ... 1 ... 2 ... 3. H ... ....

Islamic expansion, Sassanid collapse, and Byzantine decline

Edit The Examiner 20 Jul 2014
Islam emerged on the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century. The religion won many converts and expanded dramatically ... In 622, Byzantine Emperor Heraclius launched a counter-offensive. In an amazing turnabout, Heraclius defeated the Persians and ended the war. In the same year Heraclius assumed power, Muhammad received his first revelation ... Heraclius attempted to heal the schism between eastern and western Christianity ... ....

SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL YOUTH

Edit The Siasat Daily 19 Mar 2014
March 19.. You cannot escape it. The discussion about habits is all around you ... In the end, it's all up to you ... BE TRUTHFUL ... BE FOCUSED ... 'Abu Sufyan told me that Heraclius said to him, "When I enquired of you what he (Muhammad) ordered you, you replied that he ordered you to establish the prayer, to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep promises, and to pay back trusts." Then Heraclius added, "These are really the qualities of a prophet."....
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