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| 1940 |
| | Mohammed Ali Jinnah puts forward the concept of independent Muslim states within India | |
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| 1947 |
| | In granting independence to India, Britain partitions the subcontinent along sectarian lines into Pakistan and the republic of India | |
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| 1947 |
| | Muslims proclaim an independent state in west Kashmir, defying the wishes of the maharaja | |
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| 1948 |
| | The Muslim Brotherhood carries out acts of terrorism against the Egyptian authorities and British troops | |
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| 1953 |
| | Black American Malcolm Little, who has joined the Nation of Islam while in prison, adopts the surname X to symbolize his rejection of his slave name | |
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| 1954 |
| | Nasser escapes an assassination attempt by the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood | |
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| 1956 |
| | Civil war breaks out in Sudan between the Muslim north and the Christian south | |
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| 1962 |
| | Ruhollah Khomeini, a leading ayatollah in Qom, denounces the Shah of Iran and declares a fatwa against his regime | |
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| 1963 |
| | Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested in Qom, and imprisoned for eight months in Tehran, after instigating riots against the Shah | |
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| 1965 |
| | Black activist and convert to Islam Malcolm X is assassinated when giving a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in New York | |
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