Al-Farooq (also spelled El-Farouk, Al Farouk or Al-Faruq) may refer to:
People
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Umar
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...
, Muslim caliph and companion of Muhammad, known as Al-Faruq ("Distinguisher between truth and false")
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Farooqi
Farooqui ( ar, الفاروقي); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a distinct name or surname or last name of Arabic origin.
Notable Farooquis
* Umar, second Caliph of Islam associate of Muhammad
* Hafsa bint Umar, wif ...
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Farooq
Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ar, فاروق, Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes b ...
, surnames
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''Al-Farooq'' (book), biography of Umar by Shibli Nomani
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Al-Farouq Aminu
Al-Farouq Ajiede Aminu (born September 21, 1990) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays internationally with the Nigeria national basketba ...
, American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers
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El-Farouk Khaki
El-Farouk Khaki (born October 26, 1963) is a Tanzanian-born Muslim Canadian of Indian origin who is a refugee and immigration lawyer, and human rights activist on issues including gender equality, sexual orientation, and progressive Islam. He was ...
, Canadian lawyer
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Omar al-Faruq
Omar al-Faruq ( ar, عمر الفاروق; 1969 – 25 September 2006), also spelled or al-Farouq or al-Farooq, born Mahmoud Ahmad Mohammed Ahmad, was an islamic militant with high profile connections with Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah in Sout ...
(1971–2006), Al-Qaeda member
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Farouk of Egypt
Farouk I (; ar, فاروق الأول ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 193 ...
Places
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Al Farouq training camp The Al Farouq training camp, also called ''Jihad Wel al-Farouq'', was a Taliban and Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Camp attendees received small-arms training, map-reading, orientation, explosives training, and other training. Na ...
, an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan
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Al Farouk de Tombouctou
Al Farouk de Tombouctou is a football and basketball club based in the Malian city of Timbuktu.
Football
Al Farouk were promoted for the first time to the Malian Premiere Division in September 2008, after winning the Division 2, group A tourname ...
, football (soccer) team in Mali
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Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center
Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center is a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States.
On August 5, 2017, Emily Claire Hari (known at the time as Michael Hari), Michael McWhorter, and Joe Morris of Clarence, Illinois detonated an improvised explos ...
, in Bloomington, Minnesota
Other uses
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Shibli Nomani
Shibli Nomani ( ur, – ; 3 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Islamic scholar from the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj. He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh.[Al-Farooq (title)
Al-Farooq (Arabic: الفاروق, "distinguisher") is the title given to one who distinguishes right from wrong. It was a well-known historical title of the second caliph Umar.
Etymology
According to the Lisān al-'Arab (Arabic dictionary by ...]
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Farouq Brigades
The Farouq Brigades ( ar, كتائب الفاروق), also spelt Farooq and Farook, was an armed rebel organisation formed by a number of Homs based members of the Free Syrian Army early in the Syrian Civil War. The group rapidly expanded in siz ...
, a unit of the Free Syrian Army in the Syrian civil war
See also
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Farooq (disambiguation)
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