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Sufyan

Sufyan ( ) is an Arabic name. *Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Qatari weightlifter *Abu Sufyan Al-Azdi (1973–2013), Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula *Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali (died 625), belonged to the Banu Lahyan tribe at the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad *Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (560–652), leader of the Quraish tribe of Mecca *Muawiyah ibn-abi-Sufyan or Muawiyah I (602–680) established the Umayyad Dynasty of the caliphate *Sufyan Ben Qumu or Abu Sufian bin Qumu (born 1959), citizen of Libya held in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba *Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, son of Ḥārith ibn Abd al-Muttalib and a sahaba (companion) and a cousin of Muhammad *Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (c. 594–666), a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers *Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), American singer *Sufyan al-Thawri (716–778), tabi'i Islamic scholar, Hafiz and jurist, founder of the Thawri madhhab *Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah (725–814), prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca *Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (died 639), one of the companions of Muhammad *Yazid Ibn Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan or Yazid I, (647–683), the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate *Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (622-673), Muslim general and administrator and a member of the clan of the Umayyads

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Sufyan ( ) is an Arabic name. *Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Qatari weightlifter *Abu Sufyan Al-Azdi (1973–2013), Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula *Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali (died 625), belonged to the Banu Lahyan tribe at the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad *Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (560–652), leader of the Quraish tribe of Mecca *Muawiyah ibn-abi-Sufyan or Muawiyah I (602–680) established the Umayyad Dynasty of the caliphate *Sufyan Ben Qumu or Abu Sufian bin Qumu (born 1959), citizen of Libya held in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba *Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, son of Ḥārith ibn Abd al-Muttalib and a sahaba (companion) and a cousin of Muhammad *Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (c. 594–666), a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers *Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), American singer *Sufyan al-Thawri (716–778), tabi'i Islamic scholar, Hafiz and jurist, founder of the Thawri madhhab *Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah (725–814), prominent eighth-century Islamic religious scholar from Mecca *Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (died 639), one of the companions of Muhammad *Yazid Ibn Muawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan or Yazid I, (647–683), the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate *Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (622-673), Muslim general and administrator and a member of the clan of the Umayyads

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  1. date of birth: 1975 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of birth: 1975 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1975". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of birth is "1975". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1259904252

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