For Muslims across the world, tonight is a night “better than a thousand months.”
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On this night, the 27th of Ramadan, in 610 CE, the 40 year-old future Prophet Muhammad was meditating in a cave outside Mecca. The Angel Gabriel/Jibril appeared to Muhammad and commanded him to recite. Muhammad twice refused, [...]
The flag of New Mexico honors the 'Four Directions'
The fourth Friday in September is known as Native American Day in California and across much of the United States. California recognizes over 100 tribes, more than any other state in the nation.
The original resolution establishing “American Indian Day” was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan in [...]
Anyone who knows me knows that one of my pet projects—okay, my minor obsession—okay, my pathological, over-the-top, clinically certifiable obsession—is the year 1939. Anything that has to do with 1939 I am fascinated with. Call it random, call it crazy, you wouldn’t be the first.
And one of the major events of 1939, besides World War [...]