Abu-Bekr

/ əˌbuːˈbækər, əˌbuːˈbɛkər /

noun

1. 573–634 _ad , companion and father-in-law of Mohammed; the first caliph of Islam

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Jada Tarvin Abu-Bekr, a Pasadena resident, works with programs that serve young people in Pasadena and Altadena.

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Accordingly, the winged seraphim at the angles of the buttresses which support the dome have been preserved, and, to a Christian visitor, appear in strange contrast with the gigantic Arabic inscriptions in gold and colors which arrest the eye upon either side of the nave and within the dome, commemorating the four companions of the Prophet, Abu-bekr, Omar, Osman, and Ali.

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English and French armies at, 427.Abbo, account of siege of Paris, 165, 168-171.Abbot, character and duties of, defined in Benedictine Rule, 84-86.Abelard, at Paris, 340.Abu-Bekr,

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The rules of faith and life which he laid down were collected by Abu-Bekr, first caliph after his death, and published by Othman, the third caliph, and constitute the Koran—the Mahommedan Bible.

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His right to the succession was unsuccessfully contested by Ali, Mahomet's son-in-law, and a schism took place, which divided the Mahommedans into the two great sects of Sunnites and Shiites, the former maintaining the validity of Abu-Bekr's and the latter that of Ali's claim.

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