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  1997 NCAA Wrestling Championship Biography - Faqir Danny
DANNY FAQIR: Faqir, a senior, won his first Pac-10 title in one of the more entertaining championship bouts.
Faqir had a 2-1 lead over ninth-ranked Rusty Cook of Boise State, but was assessed a stalling penalty with four seconds left in the third period.
Faqir, who was ineligible the first semester, is now 16-7 with four wins by fall.
www.uni.edu /ncaa-wrestling/bio/858372969.htm   (89 words)

  
  Faqir of Ipi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The incident was the trial case of the so-called 'Islam Bibi',the crisis was triggered by the conversion and marriage of a 15-year-old Hindu girl Ram Kori, named and known as Islam Bibi, to a Pashtun school teacher Syed Amir Noor Ali Shah of Bannu.
The verdict 'enraged' the Muslims - especially the Daur tribesmen, Faqir Ipi's kinsmen, the Daur Maliks and mullahs left the Tochi far the Khaisora Valley to the south to rouse the Torikhel Waziris.
The creation of Pakistan in 1947 significantly dulled the Faqirs insurgency, as the Government was a Muslim led one the religious grounds for the insurgency had been lost.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faqir_of_Ipi   (1347 words)

  
 Al-Zawahiri's Pakistani Ally: Profile of Maulana Faqir Mohammed
Faqir Mohammed was greatly inspired by Maulana Abdus Salam and under his guidance obtained the Dars-e-Nizami, which is equal to graduation.
Faqir Mohammed also studied the Quran at Darul-Uloom Pamjpeer, which is considered as one of the most influential religious schools in central Peshawar valley.
Faqir Mohammed continued to fight in Afghanistan until the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.
jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369893   (0 words)

  
 Faqir Chand Meets the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Although Faqir was not conversant with the Bardo Thotrol, he was nevertheless steeped in its philosophy as taught to him by his guru, Shiv Brat Lal of Gopiganj.
It was at this point that Faqir's meditation took a new turn: instead of enjoying the bliss of inner sights and sounds, Faqir turned his attention to the source from which these manifestations arose.
Faqir Chand also reiterates the teachings of the Bardo Thotrol on this issue of karmic propensities (the principle that karma sways one away from the clear void light at death, if one is not attached beforehand in the empty luminosity).
www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/chand2.html   (3684 words)

  
 Faqir of Ipi's Cross Border Nexus :: Khyber.ORG   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The reason why a defiant Islamic warrior like the Faqir should have pitted his band against the Islamic Pakistan, amongst other factors, was his own vision of the emergence of Pakistan as a rival force against his monopolistic claim as the sole Islamic warrior.
In the words of Allan Warren the Faqir of Ipi's claim that Islam was in danger, even after the establishment of Pakistan rang hollow in the ears of many tribesmen.
According to one theory the legend of the Faqir as an irreconcilable recalcitrant was kept alive by Qayyum Khan to keep the Centre in perpetual awe of the Frontier tribes whom Qayyum Khan alone knew how to handle and control.
www.khyber.org /people/sarfaroshan/FaqirofIpisCrossBorderNexus.shtml   (1358 words)

  
 Faqir
One would be hard pressed to find a guru as disarmingly open as Faqir, who, unlike most of his colleagues in the Punjab, had repeatedly confessed to his human failings and his intellectual limitations.
Maybe what makes Faqir Chand's confession of ignorance so appealing and so believable is that he is stating a universal fact--a fact which is evident to every human being who has ever lived: we simply don't know the why of our own existence, much less the reason behind the universe.
Faqir Chand can be regarded as an enlightened being in the sense that he came to grips with the Unknowable.
www.geocities.com /eckcult/faqirchand/faqir7.html   (0 words)

  
 faqir - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Faqir Chand
One would be hard pressed to find a guru as disarmingly open as Faqir, who, unlike most of his colleagues in the Punjab, had repeatedly confessed to his human failings and his intellectual limitations.
Maybe what makes Faqir Chand's confession of ignorance so appealing and so believable is that he is stating a universal fact--a fact which is evident to every human being who has ever lived: we simply don't know the why of our own existence, much less the reason behind the universe.
Faqir Chand can be regarded as an enlightened being in the sense that he came to grips with the Unknowable.
members.tripod.com /~santhakar/faqir/chand-3e.html   (817 words)

  
 Al-Zawahiri's Pakistani Ally: Profile of Maulana Faqir Mohammed
Although Faqir Mohammed is not a chief or tribal elder, he has managed to secure a powerful support base in the region and moves relatively freely, accompanied by his personal security team.
Faqir Mohammed also studied the Quran at Darul-Uloom Pamjpeer, which is considered as one of the most influential religious schools in central Peshawar valley.
Faqir Mohammed is a key facilitator for al-Qaeda and Taliban activities in this mountainous region, and security sources maintain that Mohammed is financially rewarded by the militants for providing logistical facilities and shelter.
www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369893   (1531 words)

  
 Al Qaeda's Pakistan Sanctuary
Faqir Muhammad is a senior leader of the Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Laws, which provided the ideological inspiration to the Afghan Taliban in the 1990s.
The Jamestown Foundation refers to Faqir Muhammad as "al-Zawahiri's Pakistani ally." His home in the village of Damadola was targeted by a joint U.S.-Pakistani airstrike in January 2006 after al Qaeda senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was believed to have been there.
Zawahiri and Faqir escaped death, but Abu Khabab al-Masri, the chief of al Qaeda's WMD program, and several other senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in the attack.
www.aina.org /news/2007032794607.htm   (1447 words)

  
 Sindhi Music Online
He was known for his typical Faqir style of dance singing, which brought Sindhi traditional music into the mainstream.
Allan Faqir's knowledge of traditional devotional music and the depth of feeling he put into his performances will be difficult to replace for a long time.
Indeed, Allan Faqir was a master-singer of Sindhi kafis.
www.sindhimusic.com /artistis/alan_fakir/alan_fakir_bio.htm   (559 words)

  
 The Unknowing Sage: The Life and Work of Baba Faqir Chand   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The value of Faqir Chand's revelations of ignorance is that most gurus (I am tempted to say all) in India and elsewhere are in the same lot, but falsely parade their attainments to sincere, if gullible, disciples.
However, we should not take Faqir's confessions as precluding the possibility that certain rare saints do have access to knowledge far beyond our comprehension, and that being residents of those higher regions have the ability to directly transmit such information to their respective followers.
First, Faqir uses the term in an absolute sense equating "Ignorance" (with a capital "I") with God, thereby agreeing with many saints and mystics that the Lord is an unqualified Mystery (as Shiv Dayal Singh put it: "Wonder, Wonder, Wonder; Wonder hath assumed a form").
www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu/1994/msg00860.html   (3633 words)

  
 One Man Against an Empire - Faqir of Ipi :: Khyber.ORG
In the early autumn of 1936 the Faqir of Ipi openly adopted the role of champion of Islam.
However, despite all the Faqir's extraordinary appeals to Muslim tribesmen, they failed in their main purpose due to the inability of the tribes to combine their considerable fighting power in any common cause under a unified command, even though the Faqir's lashkars achieved quite a few stunning successes by blocking British lines of communication.
While the Faqir needed Afghan assistance, or at least friendly neutrality, for his activities against the British who were, after all, his chief enemy, the Pir ventured in an opposite direction: he agitated for the overthrow of the existing Afghan government in favour of Amanullah's restoration.
www.khyber.org /publications/021-025/faqiripi.shtml   (10573 words)

  
 Faqir Chand   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Abstract: Describes a radical Indian guru in the Sant tradition who argued that masters and gurus were deceiving their disciples by making them believe that the Master knows all.
Faqir argues, that he who is looked upon as a master doesn't know everything as expected from god in human form.
Faqir Chand had full faith in his own enlightement and in the Sound and Light Meditation; in Naam.
www.santmat-meditation.net /faqir/chand-bio.html   (68 words)

  
 faqir of lpi - Page 2 - Chai Khaana   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Originally Arabic, faqir means "poor person" and, by extension, "religious mendicant." By shunning material wealth, a faqir is believed to enhance his spiritual energy..
During my 1970s fieldwork in rural Afghanistan, I was told of a nearby faqir who, by willfully generating body heat, could melt huge snowdrifts at the touch of a hand.
In a decision unthinkable in rabidly Islamist Pakistan today, the woman was returned to her Hindu husband, and the other man, a Muslim, was imprisoned.
pashto.org /chaikhaana/.../3271-faqir-lpi-2.html   (1103 words)

  
 Maulana Faqir, govt may ink peace deal after Eid
PESHAWAR: Once most wanted tribal cleric Maulana Faqir Mohammad in Bajaur tribal agency and his fellow militants are likely to ink peace accord with the government after Eidul Fitr while the government on Saturday released all his relatives as a gesture of goodwill.
Besides Faqir Mohammad's brother, those released were identified as Bahadur Khan, Habibullah, Bashirullah, Ziaul Haq, Jamal Syed, Nazimeen Khan and as mentioned the two clerics--Dr Ismail and Maulana Inayatur Rahman.
It is to be mentioned here that Maulana Faqir Mohammad was accused by the US secret service, CIA, of hosting a dinner at his Damadola village in Bajaur Agency on January 13 for al-Qaeda's deputy leader and Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, Dr al-Zawahiri and other foreign militants.
www.thenews.com.pk /print3.asp?id=3803   (702 words)

  
 Local News
The 6th generation of Faqirs today traces their family background to an 18th century ancestor, who came from Bukhara to the holy city of Uch Sharif.
The first founder of the family was a Faqir or religious ascetic who had three sons, all devout Muslims in a Sikh court, who contrived to win Ranjit Singh's favor.
Faqir Nuruddin was the Royal Physician and founded a hospital for poor Muslims in Lahore, today known as the Mayo Hospital.
www.getpakistan.com /Lahore/art_galleries.htm   (751 words)

  
 Kashmiri Poets: Shamas Faqir
The Sufi concepts offana (annihilation), baqa (continuity), the terms zikir (remembrance of God) and fikir (contemplation), the symbolism of the 'diver' in search of 'pearls', the images of zulf (seductive curl) and khal (the mole on the cheek of the Beloved) are seen to recur in many a poem.
A striking feature of Shamas Faqir's poems is the diction: using largely the Kashmiri idiom current in his time, he also employs words from Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Several lyrics of Shamas Faqir centre round the theme of the mystic's quest for the primal cause of this universe.
www.koausa.org /Poets/ShamasFaqir.html   (3537 words)

  
 PM - Unexploded missiles and cluster bombs left on the ground pose danger to Iraqi children
Faqir says he's worries they'll spend their time climbing on the two bright and shiny surface-to-air missiles lying in the empty block of land next to his house.
FAQIR SHABIB (translated): Children always play here and adults scavenge for scrap metal from the missiles.
GINA WILKINSON: Faqir is frustrated that nothing's been done so far to remove the four metre long SA II missiles.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2003/s927924.htm   (799 words)

  
 DASTANONA Bi-monthly magazine
Faqir was still looking outside, as if he hadn’t heard anything.
Faqir was quite for a moment, but suddenly he got up.
Faqir was neither on earth, nor in the sky, neither dead, nor alive, neither an animal, nor a human being.
dastanona.com /english/full.php?id=452   (2032 words)

  
 FADIA FAQIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Looking at the blossoming Iraqi winter jasmine in my garden I said, 'But this is not what I intended.
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All material on this website may be used and shared in accordance with the fair-use provisions of U.S. Copyright Law, and it may be archived and redistributed in electronic form, provided that the author is notified and no fee is charged for access.
www.fadiafaqir.com   (0 words)

  
 Baba Faqir Chand
Baba Faqir Chand visited him especially in 1980 to awaken and enlighten him.
Harjit Singh's objective is to preserve and expand the teachings from Baba Faqir Chand.
These teachings are now accessible in the form of video clips of Baba Faqir Chand filmed in May 1980 and are the only ones available in the world.
www.babafaqirchand.com   (0 words)

  
 Faqir Baba
Faqir means beggar, Listen to what the Beggar has to say about big Ashrams and great Avatars:
Upon hearing this Baba Faqir jumped in the air and started singing and dancing in joy.
After the passing away of Data Dayal, Baba Faqir started giving Satsang and just as his teacher had predicted he attained the highest state of realization.
www.meditation.dk /faqir.htm   (0 words)

  
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 Faqir   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Al Qaeda's Pakistan Sanctuary
Faqir Muhammad is a senior leader of the Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Laws, which provided the ideological inspiration to the Afghan Taliban in the 1990s.
The Jamestown Foundation refers to Faqir Muhammad as "al-Zawahiri's Pakistani ally." His home in the village of Damadola was targeted by a joint U.S.-Pakistani airstrike in January 2006 after al Qaeda senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was believed to have been there.
Faqir responded by attacking the Dargai military base with a suicide bomber.
www.weeklystandard.com /Check.asp?idArticle=13457&r=rzpvh   (629 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: War Blog by FrontPage Magazine
Faqir Muhammad is a senior leader within the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM, or Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad's Sharia Law), the “Pakistani Taliban” who has sent over 10,000 foot soldiers to fight alongside the Taliban during the U.S. invasion in 2001.
Faqir Mohammad is believed to have sheltered none other than Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second in command.
Faqir referred to bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar as “heroes of the Muslim world,” and he vowed joint efforts to fight the “enemies of peace” in the Bajaur Agency.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27440   (6332 words)

  
 Faqir Khana Museum [Pak Avenue > Web Digest > Art & Entertainment]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 6th generation of Faqirs today traces their family background to an 18th century ancestor, who came from Bukhara to the holy city of Uch Sharif.
The first founder of the family was a Faqir or religious ascetic who had three sons, all devout Muslims in a Sikh court, who contrived to win Ranjit Singh's favor.
Faqir Nuruddin was the Royal Physician and founded a hospital for poor Muslims in Lahore, today known as the Mayo Hospital.
www.pakavenue.com /webdigest/art_and_entertainment/article_001.htm   (435 words)

  
 Mystical styles of expression among North Indian Faqir: Nara as a manifestation of hukm Australian Journal of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Two of these expressions are hukm, the mystical bond between a faqir and Muslim saint, and nara, a series of expletives used to communicate with the saint when in a euphoric state.
Hukm and nara are pivotal to a faqir's mystical complex and are creative sources of his spiritual life.
Some of the faqir had their customary androgynous appearance, dressed in colourful turbans, and wearing bangles, finger-rings, and earrings, while others carried small staffs.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2472/is_3_12/ai_80757464   (802 words)

  
 A FEW WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
The meeting, for which Dr Faqir had hand-delivered the invitation cards, was attended by Abdul Majeed Salik, Syed Abid Ali Abid, Dr Muhammad Baqir, Dr Muhammad Din Taseer, Babu Feroze Din, Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum and a few others, who agreed to establish an organization by the name of Pak Punjab League.
Dr Faqir was assigned the task of bringing out a Punjabi magazine, which he started publishing under the title Punjabi in September 1951.
With his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Punjabi language and literature and outstanding skills as a writer, research scholar and editor, he inspired a whole generation of Punjabi writers and pioneered the Punjabi literary movement in Pakistani Punjab.
www.apnaorg.com /articles/rammah-1   (1441 words)

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