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  2. Yakub (Nation of Islam) - Wikipedia

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    Yakub (sometimes spelled Yacub or Yaqub) is a figure in the mythology of the Nation of Islam (NOI). According to the NOI's doctrine, Yakub was a black scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and began the creation of the white race through a form of selective breeding , referred to as " grafting ", while he was living on the island of Patmos .

  3. Margaret Brennan - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Brennan (born March 26, 1980) [1] is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. The current moderator of Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan on CBS News, she is also a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Evening News, and the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent. [2] [3] [4] Brennan was previously a White House ...

  4. Yakub - Wikipedia

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    Yakub. Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub or Yakoub (Arabic: يعقوب‎, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. [1]

  5. Jacob in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Jacob is very special in Islam for carrying on the legacy left by his forefathers. Muslims believe God bestowed His utmost grace upon Jacob and chose him to be among the most exalted men. The Quran frequently mentions Jacob as a man of might and vision and stresses he was of the company of the good and elect.

  6. Nation of Islam - Wikipedia

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    Islam portal Politics portal. v. t. e. The Nation of Islam ( NOI) is a religious and political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A black nationalist organization, the NOI focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African Americans. While describing itself as Islamic, its religious ...

  7. Yazdânism - Wikipedia

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    Yazdânism. Yazdânism, or the Cult of Angels, is a pseudohistoric [1] pre- Islamic religion with claimed ties relating to a Mithraic religion of the Kurds. The term was introduced and proposed by Kurdish and Belgian scholar Mehrdad Izady to represent what he considers the "original" religion of the Kurds. [2]

  8. Jacob (name) - Wikipedia

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    Jacob is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. The English form is derived from the Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰάκωβος ( Iakobos ), ultimately from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב ‎ ( Yaʿaqōḇ ), the name of Jacob, biblical patriarch of the Israelites, and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. The name comes either from ...

  9. Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar - Wikipedia

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    Created in Shiraz, Safavid Iran, 16th century. Ya'qūb ibn al-Layth al-Saffār ( Persian: یعقوب لیث صفاری; 25 October 840 – 5 June 879), [1] was a coppersmith and the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan ).