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The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

The inhabitants of Egypt and Sham would
kill their ruler and his commands… 253

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Anwar Sadat, who came to power
in Egypt in 1970 and remained
there for 11 years, was killed by his
opponents during a military
march-past in 1981. Other
Egyptian leaders who have been
killed include Prime Minister
Boutros Ghali, assassinated in
1910, and Prime Minister Mahmoud
Bashir Gemayel, the as-
Nukrashy Pasha, assassinated in
sasinated phalange
1948. President of Lebanon

The word Sham is not only used for the city of Damascus in Syria. The world means "left" in Arabic, and has long
been used to refer to those countries to the left of the Hijaz region (where the cities of Mecca and Medina stand).
Many leaders have been killed in the region. Some of these are: Former Syrian Prime Minister Salah al-Deen
Beetar (bottom left), killed in 1980, Syrian Prime Minister Droubi Pasha, killed in 1921, Syrian Prime Minister
Muhsin al-Barazi, assassinated in 1949, King Abdullah of Jordan, killed in 1851, and Lebanese Phalange
leader Bashir Gemayel (above right), killed in a bomb attack in 1982.

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