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Al-Biruni
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024
al-Ma'arri
'''Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri (; December 973May 1057), also known by his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis''', was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Emirate of Aleppo (in present day Syria). Because of his antireligious worldview, he is known as one of the "foremost atheists" of his time", although his worldview was closer to deism. However, in his defensive treatise Zajr al-Nabeh (The Repelling of the Barker)—a manuscript edited and published in 1965—al-Ma'arri explicitly identified himself as a faithful Muslim and systematically refuted the accusations of heresy leveled

Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad al-Qudūrī
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد القدوري), full name '''Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Quduri, known commonly as Imam al-Quduri''' (973–1037/972–1036) was a renowned Iraqi Muslim scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. Although there's no concrete evidence pointing to where his name "Quduri" originated, there are a few opinions regarding the matter. First, that the root letters q-d-r connect to pottery manufacturing and sale. Second, Qudr being a location in Baghdad that his family could have originated from. He is well known for his Mukhtasar al-Qud