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Topic: Hanif Mohammed


In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Cricinfo
He performed the 'Mohammed twirl' with his bat about two or three times between each delivery (Mushtaq and Sadiq both did this too, but even I was too young to have seen Wazir) and began to show some promis- ing form, injury or no injury.
Hanif Mohammad was one of the pillars upon whom the structure of the Pakistan cricket rested in the days of its infancy.
It was the trio of Hanif Mohammad, Riaz Ahmed Mansuri and Gul Hameed Bhatti, which made The Cricketer not only the best cricket magazine of the country, in a very shrt span of time, but they also had the satisfaction of having it referred to as the best cricket magazine of the world.
content-usa.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/59915.html   (1761 words)

  
  Pakistan Link Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hanif Noor Mohammed a computer software engineer was interested in music at a very early age.
Hanif writes all of his own material (lyrics and music), his specialty is incorporating Western and Eastern music styles with a touch of rhythm and blues with jazz.
Hanif s most recent CD, Impressions of Love is available at Indian and Pakistani music/video stores, he can also be seen in concert at various events.
www.pakistanlink.com /community/98/June/05/03.html   (467 words)

  
 'Shoaib deserves better treatment'
Mohammed, in his first innings in the international game, scored a valiant 51.
Mohammed's 337 is the only triple hundred in a Test second innings.
Mohammed also was sympathetic towards 'Rawalpindi Express' Shoaib Akhtar, saying he is the best bowler in the Pakistan side and deserves better treatment.
in.rediff.com /cricket/2005/mar/25hanif.htm   (501 words)

  
 The Hindu : The original little master
Hanif Mohammed was born in 1935, moving to Pakistan when he was 12.
The story is told of how Hanif would bat on after sundown, the unwilling bowlers shifting the game from a side street to the main one, to play on under one of the three lighted lamp posts that the Nawab allowed his subjects.
Hanif was not long out of short pants before he returned to India, with Abdul Kardar's team of 1952.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2002/03/31/stories/2002033100300300.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American American Clubs
Mohammed was a member of a group in Arabia known as the Hanifs, who claimed spiritual descent from Abraham and who believed in one God, while the rest of the population practiced a polytheism peopled with beastly jinns and demons.
As a Hanif, Mohammed saw the revelations announced to him by the angel as a continuation of the Hanifi teaching which his tribe had practiced for countless years.
The Meccans eventually succeeded in banning Mohammed and his followers from their city and, in 621, he and a small group of the faithful escaped to the neighboring town of Yathrib which was to become Medinat An-Nabi (Medina), the city of the prophet.
www.sfslac.org /Library/BirthofIslam.htm   (1699 words)

  
 Tendulkar is the best ever: Hanif Mohammad
Hanif told rediff.com that the 499 he scored on January 11, 1959 was something he had never even dreamt of.
Hanif Mohammad was the human form of technical correctness.
yes i think hanif is absolutely right he is just one of the greatest thing that has happeneed to the world and more imp india...
www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/mar/14hanif.htm   (1006 words)

  
 Cageprisoners.com - serving the caged prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
Mohammed Hanif, Mohammed Imran, Arsalan Sharib Faruqi and Hafiz Zubair were cleared of all charges in the case.
Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Hanif were sentenced to death for masterminding the attack, while Arsalan Sharib Faruqi and Hafiz Zubair received life terms.
The al-Almi faction, which Imran and Hanif are said to have led, was formed in Afghanistan during Taleban rule after the US and Pakistan banned the pro-Kashmiri Harkat ul-Mujahideen.
www.cageprisoners.com /articles.php?id=17311   (492 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hanif, a native of Uttar Pradesh, was a school dropout-turned-electrician who worked in Saudi Arabia for five years before moving to Dubai where he worked as a forklift driver for the Hilton Hotel.
Hanif, in his statement to the police, is said to have confessed that he, in turn, taught his wife and daughter.
The getaway was equally smooth: Hanif and his family members boarded a BEST bus to Mahim before changing another bus enroute to Chimanpada while Arshad melted into the crowd at Zaveri Bazaar and was about 1.5 km from the spot when he heard the blast.
www.indianexpress.com /print.php?content_id=30760   (852 words)

  
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REMORSE is a sentiment that is absent in the hearts of Sayed Mohammed Hanif and Ashrat Ansari, the main accused in the twin bomb blasts that killed 52 people and injured about 150 on August 25, in Mumbai.
Hanif and his family are also suspected of planting the bomb that resulted in the July 28 Ghatkopar bus blast which killed three people.
Hanif told the investigators that he was indoctrinated by the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in the aftermath of the Godhra riots.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20030926003802100.htm&date=fl2019/&prd=fline&   (1864 words)

  
 The Sunday Times On The Web - Timesports
Hanif Mohammed, born on December 21, 1934, in his 18-year career as a cricketer, represented Pakistan in 55 Tests and 11 as captain.
Hanif, humble, soft-spoken and a true gentleman, was very interesting recalling his days and the turn cricket has taken which was an amateur sport then but now a professional and commercial one.
Hanif Mohammad also held the record of 499 in a first-class game which was shattered almost after 48 years by Brian Lara, in 1994-95, the same year he broke Sir Gary Sober's 365.
lakdiva.org /suntimes/970427/sportm.html   (3386 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Taliban attack kills at least 5 Afghans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mohammed Hanif, a Taliban spokesman who contacted The Associated Press by satellite telephone, said 12 government soldiers were killed and that no Taliban fighters had died.
Hanif said the bodies of the dead government soldiers were left behind, but Taliban attackers took 17 automatic rifles from the vehicle before leaving the scene.
Hanif said he is the spokesman for Mullah Dadullah, a one-legged Taliban commander who was well-known during the Islamic militia's rule.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2003/08/24/taliban_attack_kills_at_least_5_afghans   (330 words)

  
 The Scotsman - International - Friends shocked by news of suicide bombers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
But if there was one thing everyone connected with Asif Mohammed Hanif agreed on yesterday, it was that there was nothing about him to suggest he would turn out to be a suicide bomber.
He had heard that Hanif was being held by the Israeli police for not having a passport.
Mohammed Hashmi, who led the Hounslow Jamia Mosque for 12 years, said he only remembered Hanif as a polite and honourable young man. But he did not approve of the handling out of leaflets outside the mosque, or of suicide attacks.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=498752003   (1139 words)

  
 ONLINE - International News Network
The rangers had shown the arrest of Mohamed Imran, and Mohammed Hanif, the Chief and Deputy Chief of Harkat-ul-Jihad Al-almi on July 7, 2002, while the defence lawyer claims that the accused had been arrested much earlier than the date shown by the rangers.
The defence also produced Mohamed Haroon, brother of Mohammed Hanif who stated before the court that his brother had been arrested by the rangers in the first week of June from his residence located in Nazimabad area.
Mohammed Hanif's mother, who is also listed as a defence witness could not appear before the court due to illness.
www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=38454   (441 words)

  
 Hanif Mohammed, More about Hanif Mohammed, Up-Close Hanif Mohammed, Intimate with Hanif Mohammed
Hanif Mohammed served as a wicket-keeper for a while and also rolled his arms once in a while.
Hanif Mohammed scored 3915 runs from 55 test matches and 17059 first-class runs from 238 appearances at an average of 52.32.
Hanif Mohammed was instrumental in making cricket popular among the mass, he was fondly called the 'Little master'.
www.cricketscorelive.com /cricket-players-profile/pakistan/hanif-mohammed.html   (182 words)

  
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Asif Mohammed Hanif was a Palestinian terrorist who, under the cover provided by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), slipped into Israel from Gaza on April 30, 2003 and went to a Tel Aviv beachfront pub strapped with bombs.
There, he and an accomplice, Omar Khan Sharif, murdered three people and maimed 55, all innocents who were merely enjoying drinks and human company.
Days earlier, Hanif and Sharif had met with members of the ISM for conversation and tea.
www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=920   (99 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Hanif Mohammad
Hanif was the first star of Pakistan cricket, the "Little Master" who played the longest innings in Test history - his 970-minute 337 against West Indies in Bridgetown in 1957-58 - then followed it a year later with the highest first-class innings to that point, 499 run out.
With such feats, broadcast on radio, he turned cricket in Pakistan from the preserve of the Lahore educated elite into the mass sport it is today.
Although famous for his immaculate defence and never hitting the ball in the air, Hanif could also attack, and was probably the originator of the reverse-sweep.
www.cricinfo.com /pakistan/content/player/40373.html   (390 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Four convicted in 2002 Pakistan car bombing- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
The court sentenced Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Hanif to death by hanging.
Mohammed Sharib and Mufti Zubair were each sentenced to life in prison, while a fifth defendant, Mohammed Ashraf, was acquitted.
The men were defiant after the verdict, with Imran and Hanif making the victory sign with their hands and even passing out sweets to their lawyers.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1050314620523_170?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory   (428 words)

  
 Hanif Mohammed: Playing for Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hanif Mohammed with Qamar Ahmed & Afia Salam
Hanif believes that it was his faith in God, his mothers backing along with honest hard work and discipline, which enabled him to climb the ladder of success and attain the name that he has today in the game of cricket.
The story of Hanif Mohammed, Pakistan’s premier batsmen is no different from the ones told of other legends that have illustrated and influenced our past with their military, political or sporting prowess.
www.desistore.com /hanif.html   (625 words)

  
 Britain's Indigenous Terror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Asif Mohammed Hanif, aged 21, born and raised in Britain and living in an outer conurbation of London, and Omar Khan Sharif, 27, brought from Pakistan when he was six and raised in the industrial town of Derby, were British citizens.
Hanif, who at one time worked in a store in the duty free area of London’s Heathrow Airport and had access to the baggage handling area inside the airport (although not to luggage that had already left the building) died in the Mike’s Bar bombing.
Hanif grew up in a quiet London suburb, was a good student, studied business, and left home for university — possibly for Damascus University (details are not clear as of this writing).
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=7662   (1895 words)

  
 Making of a Martyr--Ummah.comGeneral
The Hanifs' house in Lela Avenue, Hounslow was often used to hold gatherings of the group because it was close to the mosque.
Hanif was a well known and popular member of the group and they are finding it difficult to believe he would go against everything he has been taught.
Mohammed Hashmi, a former imam at Hounslow mosque, who lives opposite the Hanif family home said he would often disappear abroad for months at time: 'I found him quiet and reserved.
www.ummah.net /forum/showthread.php?t=33880   (1828 words)

  
 Hard Rain - Pulp.Net
Hanif had been more than a landlord to Ashot; he had given the penniless Armenian immigrant his first job washing dishes after he discovered the waif rummaging through a waste bin at his restaurant.
Ashot removed his boots and followed the barefoot Hanif through a front room jammed with mattresses stacked to the ceiling and piles of bedclothes folded with origami precision.
Hanif yelled an order in Hindi to the kitchen, reminding Ashot what a tough employer he had once been.
www.pulp.net /45/hard-rain.html   (2240 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Scotland - Glasgow - Drug couriers guilty of £1m heroin haul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mohammed Hanif, 31, and Abdul Mateen, 22, were caught in Glasgow with 10kg of the drug, worth £1 million in street deals.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Hanif, of Rochdale, was found guilty of being concerned in the supply of heroin in Dundas Street in the city on 23 August.
Hanif claimed that Mateen had driven him to Glasgow to collect £500 owed to him for a car by another Asian.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /glasgow.cfm?id=1453462004   (235 words)

  
 Books | Listening in
He adored cricket, and named his son after the Pakistani player Hanif Mohammed: "Father and I fixed a cricket ball to a piece of string and tied it to the branch of an apple tree.
He showed Hanif how a dedicated writer worked, and passionately, obsessively, followed his literary dream, even as his son's career was taking off.
But the real drama is Hanif's reading of the texts, now, as a man in early middle age, and his painful response to the father who shaped his son in a career he so dearly wanted for himself.
books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5012220-110738,00.html   (758 words)

  
 CNN.com - Charges in Musharraf death bid - Apr. 24, 2003
Mohammed Imran, Mohammed Hanif, Mohammed Sharib, Mohammed Ashraf were named in the indictment.
The suspects allegedly belong to Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen Al-Almi, an outlawed militant group that is an offshoot of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or Movement of Holy Warriors, a militant organization battling Indian rule in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Imran and Hanif were sentenced to death by hanging, while Sharib and another man, Mufti Zubair were sentenced to life in prison.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/04/24/musharraf.assassination/index.html   (319 words)

  
 'No one ready to talk about Hanif in Dubai'
Sayyed Hanif, the key conspirator behind the Mumbai twin bomb blasts, is a name that evinces expressions of fake ignorance among his former co-workers at Hilton-Jumeirah Hotel situated on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai.
According to sources, Hanif had worked as an electrician in the kitchen of the hotel till he was asked to shave off his beard.
However, according to a close friend, Hanif left the hotel, because he had to deal with women and alcohol, which was against his religion.
www.mid-day.com /news/city/2003/september/64472.htm   (447 words)

  
 Netguruindia News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Hanif Sumariya, Mohammed Hussain Khan and Abdul Sumariya were already refused bail by the sessions court for offence under the Arms Act and Indian Penal Code.
Hanif Sumariya was arrested the same day and one pistol worth Rs 2 lakh was recovered from him.
The CID said Hanif also disclosed that a consignment of weapons had been delivered in a truck tyre a few days before and kept on the terrace of the building.
www.netguruindia.com /news/Sep00/16/MUM3.html   (358 words)

  
 The Hindu : 4 held for Mumbai blasts
Those arrested were Syed Mohammed Hanif, his wife, Fehmida Hanif, and their daughter, Farheen Hanif.
Sharma, the Commissioner, said that it was Hanif, his wife and daughter who had hired a taxi to the Gateway of India.
The police said that Fehmida Hanif was suspected to have left the explosive with a timer device on the Ghatkopar bus.
www.hinduonnet.com /2003/09/02/stories/2003090206670100.htm   (653 words)

  
 Mumbai blast accused remanded till September 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mumbai: Sayed Mohammed Hanif Abdul Rahim alleged mastermind behind the August 25 twin explosions in the city, was on September 2 remanded to police custody till September 15 by a Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court.
Hanif, suspected to have links with Lashkar-e-toiba, was produced in a burkha amidst tight security before the designated judge A P Bhangale.
Hanif, his wife, Fahimida, daughter Farheen and co-accused Arshad Shafiq Ahmed Ansari were arrested on September 1 under POTA for planning and executing twin blasts at Mumbadevi and Gateway of India on August 25 in which 52 people were killed and more than 100 injured.
news.indiainfo.com /2003/09/02/02blast1.html   (349 words)

  
 Daily News Digest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hanif, 21, who came from Hounslow, is then reported to have violated his devout Muslim beliefs by drinking beer before carrying out the suicide attack.
And it is here, believes Hanif's family, that he was converted from a "big teddy bear" and a "regular bloke" who loved his relatives and cricket, into a man ready to blow up himself and a crowd of late-night drinkers in a Tel Aviv pub last week supposedly in the name of his faith.
Hanif died in the bombing on Wednesday and Sharif is on the run from Israeli police.
www.fairuk.org /dnd/2003/05/DND20030506Tue.htm   (16537 words)

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