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| | Encyclopedia4U - History of Oman - Encyclopedia Article |
 | | Oman has concerns with regional stability and security, given tensions in the region, the proximity of Iran and Iraq, and the potential threat of political Islam. | | | Oman adopted Islam in the 7th century A.D., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. | | | Aided by Communist and leftist governments such as the former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), the rebels formed the Dhofar Liberation Front, which later merged with the Marxist-dominated Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf (PFLOAG). |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/h/history-of-oman.html
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| | Oman (02/06) |
| | Oman is concerned with regional stability and security, given tensions in the region, the proximity of Iran and Iraq, and the potential threat of political Islam. | | | Oman closed the Israeli Trade Office in October 2000 in the wake of public demonstrations against Israel at the start of the second intifada. | | | In addition, since 1980 Oman and the U.S. have been parties to a military cooperation agreement, which was revised and renewed in 2000. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35834.htm
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| | History of Oman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Oman has concerns with regional stability and security, given tensions in the region, the proximity of Iran and Iraq, and the potential threat of political Islam. | | | Oman adopted Islam in the 7th century A.D., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. | | | Aided by Communist and leftist governments such as the former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), the rebels formed the Dhofar Liberation Front, which later merged with the Marxist-dominated Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf (PFLOAG). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Oman
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| | History of Oman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Oman has concerns with regional stability and security, given tensions in the region, the proximity of Iran and Iraq, and the potential threat of political Islam. | | | Oman adopted Islam in the 7th century A.D., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. | | | Aided by Communist and leftist governments such as the former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), the rebels formed the Dhofar Liberation Front, which later merged with the Marxist-dominated Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf (PFLOAG). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Oman
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| | Oman |
| | Arabs migrated to Oman from the 9th century B.C. onward, and conversion to Islam occurred in the 7th century A.D. Muscat, the capital of the geographical area known as Oman, was occupied by the Portuguese from 1508 to 1648. | | | Oman joined the Arab League and the United Nations in 1971. | | | Oman - Oman, officially Sultanate of Oman, independent sultanate (2005 est. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107856.html
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| | Oman |
| | Arabs migrated to Oman from the 9th century B.C. onward, and conversion to Islam occurred in the 7th century A.D. Muscat, the capital of the geographical area known as Oman, was occupied by the Portuguese from 1508 to 1648. | | | Oman joined the Arab League and the United Nations in 1971. | | | Oman is a 1,000-mile-long (1,700-km) coastal plain at the southeast tip of the Arabian peninsula lying on the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107856.html
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| | Although Oman is a modern country, western influences are restricted; the Ibadhi form of Islam is very strict in comparison with Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam. | | | The peninsula of Musandam which has a strategic location on the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates. | | | The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Gulf of Oman in the northeast. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/oman
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| | History of Oman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Oman has concerns with regional stability and security, given tensions in the region, the proximity of Iran and Iraq, and the potential threat of political Islam. | | | Oman adopted Islam in the 7th century A.D., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad. | | | Aided by Communist and leftist governments such as the former South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), the rebels formed the Dhofar Liberation Front, which later merged with the Marxist-dominated Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf (PFLOAG). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sultans_of_Oman
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| | Travel in Muscat - Oman - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- |
| | In 1490 the well-known Omani navigator Ahmad ibn Majid described Muscat as a port without equal in shipping and sailing activity. | | | Muscat has been the capital of Oman for the past two centuries, since the third Al Bu Said ruler established his residence there in the 1780s. | | | However, the history of Muscat actually goes back to several centuries before the rise of Islam. |
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http://www.mideasttravelling.net/oman/muscat/muscat_history.htm
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| | Oman Information |
| | Although Oman is a modern country, western influences are restricted; the Ibadhi form of Islam is very strict in comparison with Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam. | | | The peninsula of Musandam which has a strategic location on the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates. | | | Chief of state and government is the hereditary sultan (Qaboos of Oman), who appoints a cabinet to assist him. |
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http://www.echostatic.com/Oman.html
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| | Muscat Oman Africa - Cruise Reivews.com |
| | The first settlers arrived in Quriyat before the emergence of Islam in Oman. | | | Muscat became the capital of independent Muscat and Oman in 1741. | | | The Gulf of Oman is an arm of the Arabian Sea. |
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http://www.cruise-reviews.com/port_info/port_detail.asp?fPortID=183
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| | Travel in Muscat - Oman - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- |
| | Amr Ibn Alas, the companion of the prophet Mohammed arrived in Oman to preach the word of Allah in AD 630, leading to Islam becoming the state religion. | | | However, the history of Muscat actually goes back to several centuries before the rise of Islam. | | | In 1490 the well-known Omani navigator Ahmad ibn Majid described Muscat as a port without equal in shipping and sailing activity. |
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http://www.mideasttravelling.net/oman/muscat/muscat_history.htm
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| | AllRefer.com - Oman - Oman -- Government and Politics - Historical Patterns of Governance Omani Information Resource |
| | In the sixth century, Arabs succeeded in repelling encroachments of these ethnic groups; the conversion of Arab tribes to Islam in the seventh century resulted in the displacement of the settlers from Iran. | | | As a regional commercial power in the nineteenth century, Oman held territories on the island of Zanzibar off the coast of East Africa, in Mombasa along the coast of East Africa, and until 1958 in Gwadar (in present-day Pakistan) on the coast of the Arabian Sea. | | | Oil revenues and income redistribution facilitated a pattern of continuity of political power within the ruling family and the traditional political elite as well as change with the modest creation of new institutions and expanded administration engaging an increasingly diverse segment of Omani society. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/oman/oman52.html
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| | Oman's History |
| | The Bani Al-Aswad took part in the Muslim Conquests after the emergence of Islam and a branch of them was to travel as far as Andalucia when they went down to Bajana seaport and partook in a jihad by sea. | | | This showdown with the Persians made the Omani Arabs fiercely protective of their independence, Arab identity and lineage. | | | Oman has also been referred to as Mazoun and Magan, perhaps a direct reference to Oman's history of shipbuilding (a magan is a type of ship's chassis). |
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http://www.soukofoman.com/omanshistory.html
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| | Oman managed to remain free of the Abbasids and continued its adherence to Ibadi Islam which is still dominant in the country today. | | | The tribes in the northern part of Oman were converted to Islam during the first generation of the Islamic era -- the middle of the 7th century AD and shortly after, came under the rule of the Umayyads whose centre was in Damascus. | | | This was a very special occasion for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman had not set foot in his capital for the past 12 years. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2692/history.html
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| | History of OMAN |
| | From the 6th century BC until the arrival of Islam, some 1200 years later, both Muscat and Oman are under the control either of the Persian empire or of rulers from neighbouring Yemen. | | | The sultanate of Oman has been the nation's name since the beginning of Qaboos' reign (he changes it from Muscat and Oman in 1970, after his coup against his father). | | | The link with Oman is broken after his death in 1856. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad54
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| | History of OMAN |
| | From the 6th century BC until the arrival of Islam, some 1200 years later, both Muscat and Oman are under the control either of the Persian empire or of rulers from neighbouring Yemen. | | | The sultanate of Oman has been the nation's name since the beginning of Qaboos' reign (he changes it from Muscat and Oman in 1970, after his coup against his father). | | | The link with Oman is broken after his death in 1856. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad54
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| | Expats in Oman |
| | Muhammad Sharif Said, Indian youth, born 1972, lived in Oman, embraced Islam in September 1994 and administered oath in the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Oman); now in India | | | He loves Oman and it has been his home since 1982. | | | Michael Allan Negus, formerly a student at ABA in Oman. |
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| | Sites Blocked in China - Highlights |
| | Regional > U S States > Virginia > Cities > Middleburg > Education | | | City of Light; The Path to the True Islam | | | As detailed in the technical appendix, the overwhelming majority of listed sites were found to be blocked in their entirety. |
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| | Oman´s history goes back to the very dawn of civilization. |
| | The Oman is were among the first of the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula to embrace Islam, doing so during the lifetime of the Prophet in the 7th century A.D. The centuries that followed were a golden age, with Omani sailors and traders ranging from India to Africa. | | | The coastal area fronting on the Gulf of Oman is believed to have been the land known to the Sumerians as Magan, from which as early as 3,000 B.C. they were importing copper. | | | Oman´s acceptance of US assistance in defence aroused protests from the PDRY in 1981, but mediation by other Gulf states led to a ´normalization´ agreement in 1982 and diplomatic relations between Oman and the PDRY were resiumed in 1983. |
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http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/omanhis.htm
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| | Target : Entertainment : Books : History : Middle East : Oman |
| | Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856 (Islam in Africa, V. by Beatrice Nicolini, Penelope-Jane Watson | | | Oman and the World : The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy | | | A Modern History of Oman : Formation of the State since 1920 (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) |
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http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html?node=5005
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| | Country Pages: Oman |
| | Linked to the Ministry of Information website, contains extensive information on many aspects of life in Oman and reports on Oman's place in the world. | | | A well-balanced site with articles and resources pertaining to Islam, drawn primarily from scholarly research and regional Islamic sources. | | | The Sultanate of Oman occupies the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with coastline facing the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. |
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| | Times of Oman |
| | The guest will deliver two lectures on Islam and Muslims in Australia and the role of Sultan of Oman chair at Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque tomorrow, and Muslims in the West at Sultan Qaboos University on Saturday. | | | MUSCAT — Dr Rawiyah bint Saud Al Busaidiyah, minister of higher education, received here yesterday Dr Abdullah Said, professor of Sultan of Oman chair in Arab and Islamic studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. | | | Social worker urges all Indians on expired job visas to grab amnesty offer |
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| | Unlike most countries in the region who are ruled by Sunni rteligious leaders Oman is governed by the Ibadi sect of Islam. | | | European occupation would last until 1650 when the Portuguese were expelled from Muscat, the capital, making Oman the first nation in the Arab world to achieve the status of an independent state. | | | Oman faces a varity of enviornmental problems including soil and water salinity, industrial pollution to ground water, desertification, and scarcity of water due to long periods of drought. |
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http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/OMANTOUR.HTM
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| | GN Online: Charles peeps into Oman's rich past |
| | Prince Charles, whose interest in history and culture of Islam is well known, drove down to Nakhal, some 100km from Muscat, in the morning and toured the fort. | | | Prince Charles of Britain had a panoramic view from atop Nakhal Fort, where he also showed keen interest in the gun museum before visiting the British School and mingling with the Omani business entrepreneurs yesterday. | | | After the visit to the Fort, Prince Charles attended the 30th anniversary finale of Oman's first English Speaking School, the British School, Muscat, which was started in 1973. |
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| | Oman Flag - World Flags 101 - Omanian Flags |
| | A coup d'etat by the son of the ruling Sultan in 1970 resulted in a name change from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. | | | Green is the color of Islam and represents the fertility of the country as well as Al Jabal al Akhdar (the Green Mountains) in the north-east of the country. | | | The red base is taken from Oman's previous flag and represents the reigning Al Bu Said dynasty, which has been ruling Oman since the mid-18th century and also symbolizes the difficulties Oman overcame in its search for independence. |
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| | The Phoenix Online - Professor uses Islam as basis for pacifism |
| | Oman said Khan “wants Muslims to take an active part in promoting peace … as a basis of practicing Islam.” Oman said Khan drew his pacifist beliefs directly from the Qur’an, but that Al Risala uses sacred writings from many religious faiths to support its philosophy. | | | Oman emphasized that most of the Muslim world thinks of bin Laden and al Qaeda, the terrorist network he leads, as radical extremists and as inconsistent with Islam. | | | Irfan Oman believes Islam should be seen as an “imperative to practice nonviolence.” In a lecture last week, the College of New Jersey professor summarized the arguments of Muslim theologian Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, who argues that “Islam is a movement of and for peace.” |
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http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2001/2001-12-06/news/11620.html
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| | [Oman-l] Book : Islam in East Africa |
| | Mohammed >From: solange lapierre >Reply-To: oman-l@oman.org >To: oman-l@oman.org >Subject: Re: [Oman-l] Book : Islam in East Africa >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:56:09 -0500 > >Mr Mohammed Almahrouqi >Thanks for the information (Islam, Christian Missions and the Colonial >Administration in East Africa, Dr. Ibrahim SOGHAYROUN, Muscat 1992), the >book >could be very informing. | | | Previous message: [Oman-l] Book : Islam in East Africa | | | SQU represent: Sultan Qaboos University which is in Oman. |
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| | Oman's History |
| | Oman has also been referred to as Mazoun and Magan, perhaps a direct reference to Oman's history of shipbuilding (a magan is a type of ship's chassis). | | | Indeed, Oman was renowned for its role in ocean navigation by the magnitude of its ships and also by its prolific trade in copper, stone and timber to the Mesopotamian cities. | | | Various sources link it to the Qahtani tribe of Oman, others to the Arabic adjective, 'aamen', which means 'a settled man'. |
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| | Amazon.de: English Books: Islam in Africa, Makran, Oman and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799-1856) (Islam in Africa,) |
| | Zum Seitenanfang : Islam in Africa, Makran, Oman and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799-1856) (Islam in Africa,) | | | Islam in Africa, Makran, Oman and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799-1856) (Islam in Africa,) | | | Amazon.de: English Books: Islam in Africa, Makran, Oman and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799-1856) (Islam in Africa,) |
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