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Hamza Isa on March 9th, 2007

Share Peter J. Lu of Harvard University noticed the intricate geometric patterns, known as girih, used in Islamic architecture while traveling through Uzbekistan. Back home, he searched through photographs for evidence of quasicrystal (aperiodic) patterns in Islamic decorations and came across images of the Darb-i Imam shrine in Iran, built in 1453. What he found [...]

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Hamza Isa on March 8th, 2007

ShareBy A Student of Darul Uloom Holcombe, Bury, U.K. ” ‘Allahu-Akbar’ (Allah is the Greatest)! How great a place of bounty it is.” My purpose of writing this is to recount a historical day in Britain. Never has there been such a significant day in British history. Fifty years ago it had been hard, if [...]

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