Alaa al-Tamimi Dr. Alaa (Ala') al-Tamimi (b. 1952 in Fallujah) was Mayor of Baghdad in 2004 & 2005.Al-Tamimi was chosen to be Mayor of Baghdad on April 18, 2004, by Baghdad City Council members, with the approval of the U.S. and coalition forces. With a total of forty nine participants with voting authority being City Council members and District Council members, the City Council Selection Committee initially received 93 applications for the position of mayor in response to a highly publicized advertisement campaign in local Baghdad newspapers and other media outlets. Alaa_al-Tamimi
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi () (born 28 October 1928) is the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University. He has been described by Professor Juan Cole as "perhaps the foremost Sunni Arab authority", and "acknowledged as the highest spiritual authority for nearly a billion Sunni Muslims", and "a supreme authority." Muhammad_Sayyid_Tantawy
2005 Bali bombings The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist suicide bomb attacks that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs exploded at two sites in Jimbaran and Kuta, both in south Bali. Twenty people were killed, and 129 people were injured by three bombers who killed themselves in the attacks. 2005_Bali_bombings