Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Jamal-al-Din Afghani
Born: 1838
Died: March 9, 1897 (aged 59)
Bio: Sayyid Muḥammad ibn Ṣafdar Husaynī, known primarily as Sayyid Jamāl-al-dīn al-Afghānī or Sayyid Jamāl-al-dīn Asadābādī, was a Muslim political activist in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century. He was one of the founders of Islamic modernism and an advocate of pan-Islamic unity.