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August

What happened on 2nd of August?

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On this day in: 1696 Mahmud I was born. As an Ottoman sultan who succeeded to the throne in 1730, he quickly restored order in Constantinople...
August

The Day the Gulf’s Illusion of Safety was Shattered

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In the quiet hours before dawn on this day in 1990, the desert border between Iraq and Kuwait erupted into violence. Iraqi tanks surged...
Jul 28th

Ibn Arabi — The Equivocal Mystic Icon

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The influential — and often controversial — Andalusian Muslim scholar Ibn ʿArabī was born in Murcia, Spain on this day in 1165. A mystic,...
Feb 14th

The Day Salman Rushdie Was Forced Into Hiding

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The British author of Indian origin, Salman Rushdie, was declared an outlaw on this day in 1989, by a decree (fatwa) issued by Iran’s Supreme...

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