index.htmlReturn to "Left Shoe News" Some Islamic History (From Chapter 4, The Wrath of Allah by Robert E. Burns) aCaliph UmarbCaliph AlicThe Barbary CoastdTurkey, The Armenianse Asia Minorf CyprusgThe SudanhIdi AminiMauritaniajIran, The BahaikYasser ArafatlEgypt, the CoptsmWahhab, Saudi ArabianAssad, HamaoThe Hezbollah, LebanonpIndiaqBangladeshrPakistansKashmirtSalman RushdieuMalaysiavSuharto, The killings in Indonesiaw West Papuax East Timor CALIPH OMAR I Umar ibn al-Khattab was one of Muhammad's fathers-in-law. He was a stern man and tended to over-react. Once when the Prophet was displeased with his wives, Umar offered to cut off the head of his daughter, Hafsah, and lay it at the Prophet's feet.1At the first report of the Prophet's death, Umar...