Faisal, King  
   Ruler of Saudi Arabia since 1964, until his death in 1975.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?faisal.htm

Fahd, King  
   Eleventh son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, Ibn Saud. Proclaimed King at the year 1982.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?fahd.htm

Farabi, Al  
   Philosopher that worked for the Hamdanid emirs. Also 1introduced Plato and Aristotle to the Muslim philosophy.
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Faruk, King  
   Ruler of Egypt from 1936, until he was overthrown in 1952. Died in Rome in 1965.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?faruk.htm

Fatah, Al  
   Exile Palestinian group that was founded in 1957 by Yassir Arafat. Their direct military confrontation was with Israel, and became globally known in the 1960s.
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Fatiha  
   Opening chapter in the Koran, that expresses feelings about love, fidelity, births, marriages and burials.
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Fatima  
   Daughter of the messenger of Islam, Muhammad, and Khadija, and married to Ali, and mother of Hassan and Husayn. She is the ancestral mother of the Imams of the Shi'i Muslims.
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Fatwa  
   Legal statement in Islam, issued by a mufti or a religious lawyer, on a specific issue.
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Fez  
   City in Morocco, situated in the interior of northern region.
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Fezzan  
   Saharan region in Libya, covering altogether 700,000 km². It is met by the coastal zone in the north, the desert in the east, the Tibesti massif of Chad to the south.
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First Palestinian War  
   Lasted from 1947 to 1949, and the parties fought over the control over Palestine.
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FIS  
   Political party, illegal since 1992. Central in the militant opposition to the regime of Algeria.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?fis.htm

FLN  
   The only legal party of the country from 1962 to 1989.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?fln.htm

Fundamentalism  
   Conservative group inside Christianity which seeks to preserve the core of the religion and its impact on society.
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