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Rauf
Rauf or Rawuf (Arabic: رَؤُوف ''ra’ūf'' or ''rawūf'') is an Arabic male given name or surname which is a noun and the exaggerated form of the name Raif (or Raef) meaning "kind, affectionate, benign", "sympathetic, merciful" or ''compassionate''. The name comes from the Arabic verb ''ra’afa'' (رَأَفَ) "to have compassion for, have mercy upon, be merciful toward". However, the name Rauf is an exaggerated form and Raif is an agent noun which is also exaggerated in nature. The name is also one of the names of Allah, al-Ra'uf or commonly "Ar-Ra'uf/ Rawuf", meaning "the Kind, the Pitying" or "Most Kind, the Ever-Compassionate". Surname *Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban cleric), Afghan cleric * Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor), Taliban politician * Abdur Rauf (cricketer) (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer *Asad Rauf (1956–2022), Pakistani cricketer *Atif Rauf (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer *Bulent Rauf (1911–1987), Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feisal Abdul Rauf
Feisal Abdul Rauf ( ar, فيصل عبد الرؤوف, born October 23, 1948) is a Kuwaiti-born Egyptian-American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West. From 1983 to 2009, he served as Imam of Masjid al-Farah, a mosque in New York City. He has written three books on Islam and its place in contemporary Western society, including ''What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America,'' and founded two non-profit organizations whose stated missions are to enhance the discourse on Islam in society. He has condemned the 9/11 attacks as un-Islamic and called on the U.S. government to reduce the threat of terrorism by altering its Middle Eastern foreign policy. Author Karen Armstrong, among others, has praised him for his attempts to build bridges between the West and the Muslim world. In 2010, Sufi Imam Rauf received national attention for his plans to build Park51, an Islamic Community Center, two blocks from Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Wayne Jackson; March 9, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies. Abdul-Rauf played college basketball for the LSU Tigers from 1988 to 1990 and was a consensus first-team All-American both seasons he played. He was chosen as the 3rd overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. Abdul-Rauf was selected for the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1993, appeared in the Slam Dunk Contest at the 1993 NBA All-Star Weekend, and was one of the league's most accurate free throw shooters. After his NBA career, he played in multiple leagues around the world. Abdul-Rauf sparked controversy during his NBA career when he refused to stand for the national anthem in a sign of protest and called the flag of the United States a symbol of oppression. Early life and career Abdul-Rauf was born Chris Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashid Rauf
Rashid Rauf (ca. 1981 – 22 November 2008) was an alleged Al-Qaeda operative. He was a dual citizen of Britain and Pakistan who was arrested in Bhawalpur, Pakistan in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot in August 2006, a day before some arrests were made in Britain. The Pakistani Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, claimed that "he is an al Qaeda operative with linkages in Afghanistan". He was identified as one of the ringleaders of the alleged plot. In December 2006, the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi found no evidence that he had been involved in terrorist activities, and his charges were downgraded to forgery and possession of explosives. A 2022 article offers an assessment of the impact of Operation Overt and refers to Rauf's alleged role Rauf was born in England to Pakistani parents, and brought up in Birmingham where his father was a baker. Rauf was married to a relative of Maulana Masood Azhar, who is the head and founder of Jaish-e-Moha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rauf (Taliban Governor)
Mullah Abdul Rauf Aliza (), widely identified as Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, was a Taliban member held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba, until 20 December 2007. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 108. Following his release from detention, he returned to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban, becoming a provincial-level military commander. After falling out with the Taliban leadership, Rauf swore allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and was named deputy commander for its Afghanistan-Pakistan based Wilayah Khorasan branch, before being killed by a US drone strike in February 2015. Background Abdul Rauf claimed that he was from Helmand Province in Afghanistan, and that an injury from a Soviet land mine had left him too injured for military duties, so he had been employed providing food during his Taliban conscription. Having become a foot soldier for several known Taliban commanders, he eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haris Rauf
Haris Rauf (Urdu: حارث رؤف; born 7 November 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in January 2020. He made his Twenty20 debut for the Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy on 5 October 2018. In November 2018, he was selected by the Lahore Qalandars in the players' draft for the 2019 Pakistan Super League tournament. He made his Test debut against England in December 2022. Personal life Although Rauf was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, his family is originally from Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. On 23rd December 2022, Rauf married his classmate Muzna Masood Malik in a private nikkah ceremony in Islamabad. Domestic career When Rauf was a student in the Islamabad Model College for Boys I-8/3 he was more interested in football than cricket, helping his school lift the football trophy and being declared the best player of the tournament. He joined the cricket team of International Islamic University, Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asad Rauf
Asad Rauf ( Punjabi, ur, ; 12 May 1956 – 14 September 2022) was a Pakistani cricket player and umpire. He was a member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel from 2006 to 2013. Alleged to have been involved in match-fixing and spot-fixing of cricket matches, he was found guilty of corruption by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in February 2016 and banned for five years. Early life and playing career Rauf was born in Lahore, Punjab, on 12 May 1956. He played in Pakistani domestic cricket between 1977 and 1991, representing Pakistan Universities, Lahore, National Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan Railways. Umpiring career Rauf became a first-class umpire in 1998. In February 2000, the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed him to his first One Day International (ODI), the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala, Pakistan, on 16 February that year. With the promotion of Aleem Dar to the ICC Elite Umpire Panel three years later, Rauf was included in the International Panel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Denktaş
Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between the declaration of the ''de facto'' state by Denktaş in 1983 and 2005, as the president of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus between 1975 and 1983 and as the president of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration between 1974 and 1975. He was also elected in 1973 as the vice-president of the Republic of Cyprus. Early life and career Denktaş was born in Paphos to judge Raif Mehmet Bey and Emine Hanim, Turkish Cypriots. He graduated from The English School, Nicosia in Cyprus. Following his graduation he worked as a translator in Famagusta after that as a court clerk and then as a teacher for one year in the English School. He later went to Istanbul and London, training first as a teacher and then as a barrister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Khalid
Abdul Rauf Khalid ( ur, ; 19 December 1957 in Peshawar – 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director. Early life and career Rauf Khalid, while he was still a college student, began writing for Radio Pakistan. An ex-serviceman and bureaucrat, he worked in films and television plays after attending Islamia College University, Peshawar. In 1989, he wrote and partially directed ''Madaar'', a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking, telecast from Pakistan Television Corporation, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) - Quetta Center. In 1991, he wrote ''Guest House (TV series)'', a 52-episode comedy series. In 1995, Rauf Khalid directed ''Angar Wadi'', a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor and a producer apart from writing it. In 1998, Khalid made ''Laag (TV series), Laag'', a 27-episodes serial (he wrote, directed, produced and acted in it). In 2003, Rauf Khalid released ''Laaj (film), Laaj'', his debut film. Although it r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban Cleric)
Mullah Abdul Rauf is a citizen of Afghanistan and an anti-Taliban cleric. Rauf was quoted by ''The Washington Post'' on December 7, 2001. He is the imam at the Herati Mosque, a mosque in Kabul. He is notable for preaching against Taliban excesses. In 2006 ''The Times'' quoted Abdul Rauf on music. Under the Taliban, all musical expression was prohibited. Abdul Rauf said while musical expression was allowed, enjoyment of music was not. Singing about women or violence should remain prohibited. In March 2006, ''The Washington Post'' quoted Abdul Rauf calling for the execution of Abdul Rahman, a convert from Islam to Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rauf, Abdul Living people Afghan imams Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Klasra
Rauf Klasra ( ur, رؤف کلاسرا) is a Pakistani journalist and renowned legend of LayyahUrdu language columnist. He files stories for both the news paper and television. Moreover he is also running a web paper and was earlier working with The News. Klasra is known for investigating political scams and scandals and has unfolded many financial and moral scams of political elite. Background and early life Rauf Klasra belongs to Layyah District of Punjab, Pakistan. The word Klasra comes from his village of Jaysal Klasra. He is graduated from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan and Goldsmiths, University of London. He has done graduation in English Literature. Klasra has made headlines in the past for tweeting some unverified news Career Klasra is a leading columnist of Urdu language and has authored four books. He started his career as a reporter for ''Daily Dawn'' and was later moved to Islamabad office of ''Dawn''. He left Dawn to move to ''The News'' and started writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Aliyev
Rauf Sahraman oğlu Aliyev ( az, Rauf Səhraman oğlu Əliyev, born 12 February 1989) is an Azerbaijani international footballer who plays as a striker for Azerbaijani club Kapaz. He made his national debut in an away friendly match against Jordan on 25 February 2010. Club career In August 2017, Aliyev signed for Kukësi. On 28 March 2018, Gabala FK announced the signing of Aliyev on a contract until the summer of 2019. On 10 June 2019, Aliyev signed one-year contract with Neftçi PFK. On 8 January 2020, Aliyev was released by Neftçi, going on to sign for Sabail on 11 January 2020 Career statistics Club International Honours Club ;Qarabağ *Azerbaijan Cup: 2008–09 ;Gabala *Azerbaijan Cup: 2018–19 Individual *Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year: 2011 * APL Best Forward: 2011–12 *Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Aze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulent Rauf
Bulent Rauf (Istanbul 1911 – Chisholme House, Roberton, Scottish Borders 1987) was a Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and author. From 1945 to the early sixties, he was married to Princess Faiza, sister of King Farouk of Egypt. Bulent Rauf dedicated many years of his life to teaching the Islamic concept of "the one Absolute Unity of all existence" ''(tawhid)''. Among other things, the British mystic and author Reshad Feild, who portrayed him as "Hamid" in his well-known book ''The Last Barrier'', considered him to be his 'teacher'. However, Bulent Rauf himself emphasized the Islamic view that Muhammad was the final prophet, and that each person is taught directly by their own life with no intermediary. Rauf's chief literary work was the complete rendering into English of Ibn 'Arabi's ''Fusûs al-Hikam (The Bezels of Wisdom)'', incorporating the four volume Ottoman commentary attributed to Ismail Hakki Bursevi. Bulent Rauf was instrumental in founding th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
