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Tatar Muslim Role in Finland's Winter War- Resisting the Russian Invasion.

 Tatars are nomadic Turk tribes which settled in Russia, especially along the Volga. Tatars came to Finland along with the Russian Army when Finland became a subject of Russian Empire in 1809. Tatars were among the Russian troops stationed at Finland. Some of them stayed back in Finland and made it their homeland. In the Winter war and the Continuation war, when Russia invaded Finland in 1939, Finnish Tartars joined the war to protect Finland. 9 of them were martyred in the war. Finnish Tartars had another special ability which was very useful in the war- they knew Russian language. With this special skill, they were used to propaganda and prisoner interrogations.  Names of 9 Tartars who were martyred in Winter War of Finland: At The War Memorial in Helsinki. In 1965, a war memorial was built in an Islamic Cemetery in Helsinki. On every third Sunday in May, Finland remembers its war heroes and this Islamic War Memorial is also visited by State dignitaries, wreaths are laid and...

An Indian Muslim

Who am I? I was the one who protected this country when it was being raided by fierce fighters of Mangols and other Nomads. I was the one who stood by the country and protected its boundaries and prevented its wealth from being plundered. Who am I? I am the one who united back the brocken pieces of this land and brought back its glory of one unified nation. I am the one who has given my blood and sweat along side with Gandhi ji and other leaders of freedom struggle. Who am I? I am the one who got charged from the sparkle of Deobandi Islamic movement which teaches Muslims to fight against oppression which sowed the seeds of self respect, self dignity and fearlessness in me which lead me to fight for my country. Who am I? I am the one who was sent to Andaman jails where I spent years together without having a glimpse of the sun. Who am I? I am the one who was repeatedly hanged by the trees and my body blasted apart by tanks for my country. Who am I? I was the one who had Quran tied to m...

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad- A visionary Leader

Maulana Azad's statement on Muslim issues in IndiaApril 15, 1946 on 15 April 1946, I issued a statement dealing with the demands of Muslims and other minorities. Now that the division of India is a fact and ten years have passed, I again look at the statement and find that everything I had then said has come to happen. As this statement contains my considered views on the solution of the Indian problem, I feel I should quote it in full. This is what I then said, and would still say: I have considered from every possible point of view the scheme of Pakistan as formulated by the Muslim League. As an Indian I have examined its implications for the future of India as a whole. As a Muslim I have examined its likely effects upon the fortunes of Muslims of India. Considering the scheme in all its aspects I have come to the conclusion that it is harmful not only for India as a whole but for Muslims in particular. And in fact it creates more problems than it solves. I must confess that the ...

Revisiting Omar Khayyam

Everybody knows of Omar Khayyam as a poet, and his mathematical contributions have been largely ignored. Omar Khayyam was born in Khurasan, which is part of modern-day Iran. In 1070, he wrote a book on algebra, in which he classified equations according to their degree and also provided techniques for solving quadratic equations (something the ancient Babylonians had also done thousands of years ago). One of his most major contributions was devising a geometric solution to cubic equations. Another important contribution was in geometry, on the theory of proportions, where Omar Khayyam extended the concept of a number to include positive irrational numbers. Calendar and dates He was also one of the right learned men charged by Sultan Malik Shah with the task of revising astronomical tables and producing a new calendar. The committee of ...