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  "ar": "دولا عمر",
  "en": "Dullah Omar",
  "ur": "دولا عمر"
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  "ar": "محامٍ وسياسي جنوب أفريقي من كيب تاون، دافع عن مناضلي مناهضة الأبارتايد، وأصبح أول وزير للعدل في جنوب أفريقيا الديمقراطية سنة 1994 فأشرف على إنشاء لجنة الحقيقة والمصالحة، ثم وزيرًا للنقل منذ 1999 حتى وفاته سنة 2004.",
  "en": "South African lawyer and politician from Cape Town who defended anti-apartheid activists, became democratic South Africa's first minister of justice in 1994 and oversaw the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, then served as minister of transport from 1999 until his death in 2004.",
  "ur": "کیپ ٹاؤن سے تعلق رکھنے والے جنوبی افریقی وکیل اور سیاست دان جنہوں نے اپارتھائیڈ مخالف کارکنوں کا دفاع کیا، 1994 میں جمہوری جنوبی افریقہ کے پہلے وزیر انصاف بنے اور سچ اور مفاہمت کمیشن کے قیام کی نگرانی کی، پھر 1999 سے 2004 میں وفات تک وزیر ٹرانسپورٹ رہے۔"
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  "latest": 2004.1991964242618
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   "edtf": "1934-05-26",
   "hijri": "1353",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
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   "derived": true,
   "note": "Born in Observatory, Cape Town, to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India; the English and Persian articles and Wikidata agree. There is no place entity for Cape Town or Observatory, so no born_in edge is written. Hijri year 1353 derived from the Gregorian date.",
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    "source/wikidata-dullah-omar"
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   "edtf": "2004-03-13",
   "hijri": "1425",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Died of cancer while still minister of transport; the English article records that he was buried with official honours, and in accordance with Muslim rites, on the day of his death. Neither article nor Wikidata names a place of death, so no died_in edge is written. Hijri year 1425 derived from the Gregorian date.",
   "sources": [
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    "source/wikidata-dullah-omar"
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   {
    "value": "Abdullah Mohamed Omar",
    "kind": "full"
   },
   {
    "value": "Dullah Omar",
    "kind": "full"
   },
   {
    "value": "دولا عمر",
    "kind": "full"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
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   "politician",
   "activist"
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   "edtf": "1934-05-26",
   "hijri": "1353",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Born in Observatory, Cape Town, to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India; the English and Persian articles and Wikidata agree. There is no place entity for Cape Town or Observatory, so no born_in edge is written. Hijri year 1353 derived from the Gregorian date.",
   "sources": [
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    "source/wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa",
    "source/wikidata-dullah-omar"
   ]
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  "died": {
   "edtf": "2004-03-13",
   "hijri": "1425",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "Died of cancer while still minister of transport; the English article records that he was buried with official honours, and in accordance with Muslim rites, on the day of his death. Neither article nor Wikidata names a place of death, so no died_in edge is written. Hijri year 1425 derived from the Gregorian date.",
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    "source/wikidata-dullah-omar"
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  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "unknown",
    "basis": "unknown",
    "note": "No source names a school for Omar himself. The English article calls him 'a respected member of the Muslim community' and records that he was buried 'in accordance with Muslim rites' — community membership and funeral practice, not attestation of a school; the Persian article mirrors the English (one source family), and Wikidata's only religion value is Islam (Q432), generic.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "وُلد عبد الله محمد عمر، المعروف بدولا عمر، في 26 مايو 1934 في أوبزرفاتوري بكيب تاون، لأبوين مهاجرين من غوجرات في غرب الهند.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nكان محاميًا وناشطًا جنوب أفريقي ضد الأبارتايد، وأصبح وزير العدل في حكومة نيلسون مانديلا سنة 1994.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nتوفي في 13 مارس 2004 وهو ما زال وزيرًا للنقل.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة",
     "markdown": "درس عمر في مدرسة ترافالغار الثانوية في كيب تاون وتخرج في جامعة كيب تاون بدرجة الحقوق سنة 1957.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nتصفه المقالة بأنه كان عضوًا محترمًا في المجتمع المسلم.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nدافع عمر عن أعضاء مؤتمر عموم أفريقيا والمؤتمر الوطني الأفريقي، وكان عضوًا في حركة الوحدة في مطلع السبعينيات والثمانينيات قبل أن ينضم إلى الجبهة الديمقراطية المتحدة عضوًا قياديًا فيها.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nقيّدت أوامر المنع تحركاته عمومًا، واعتُقل دون محاكمة مرارًا، ونجا من مؤامرات لحكومة الأبارتايد لاغتياله.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nأصبح سنة 1989 المتحدث باسم نيلسون مانديلا في الأشهر الأخيرة من سجنه.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nأصبح سنة 1994 وزير العدل في حكومة مانديلا، وكان أول وزير يُعيّن رئيسًا بالنيابة عند غياب الرئيس ونائبه عن جنوب أفريقيا.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nلعب عمر دورًا رئيسيًا في تحويل نظام العدالة في جنوب أفريقيا.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nفي سنة 1999، عقب انتخاب تابو مبيكي رئيسًا، أصبح وزيرًا للنقل، وبقي في المنصب حتى وفاته بالسرطان.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nكان متزوجًا وله ثلاثة أطفال، ودُفن بتكريم رسمي ووفق الشعائر الإسلامية في يوم وفاته.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأعمال",
     "markdown": "كان من أبرز أعماله وزيرًا للعدل إعلان قيام لجنة الحقيقة والمصالحة في يوليو 1995 للنظر في الجرائم المرتكبة في عهد الأبارتايد، وإتاحة منصات للضحايا وعائلاتهم لمواجهة الجناة الذين يُعرض عليهم العفو لقاء الاعتراف.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nتذكر المقالة أن هذا النموذج ألهم مجتمعات أخرى بعد النزاعات مثل سيراليون ورواندا.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المواقف والنقد",
     "markdown": "ينبغي أن يُقرأ هذا القسم بوصفه عرضًا لمواقف مختلفة منقولة عن المصادر، وليس حكمًا من المتحف عليها.\nتقدّم المقالتان عمل عمر في حياته بوصفه نضالًا حقوقيًا: دافع عن أعضاء مؤتمر عموم أفريقيا والمؤتمر الوطني الأفريقي، وكان ناشطًا حقوقيًا طوال حياته، وقاد وزيرًا للعدل تحويل نظام العدالة وإنشاء لجنة الحقيقة والمصالحة.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}\nلا تسجل المقالتان المطلع عليهما نقدًا موجهًا إلى عمر.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- دولا عمر — ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n- دولا عمر — ويكيبيديا الفارسية{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}\n- دولا عمر — ويكي بيانات Q317726{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Abdullah Mohamed Omar, better known as Dullah Omar, was born on 26 May 1934 in Observatory, Cape Town, to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHe was a South African anti-apartheid activist and lawyer who became minister of justice in Nelson Mandela's government in 1994.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHe died on 13 March 2004, still in cabinet as minister of transport.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "Omar attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town and graduated from the University of Cape Town with a law degree in 1957.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nThe article describes him as a respected member of the Muslim community.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHe defended members of the Pan Africanist Congress and the African National Congress, and was a member of the Unity Movement through the early 1970s and 1980s before joining the United Democratic Front as a leading member.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHis movements were generally restricted by banning orders, he was detained without trial repeatedly, and he survived plots by the apartheid government to assassinate him.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nIn 1989 he became a spokesman for Nelson Mandela during the last months of Mandela's imprisonment.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nIn 1994 he became minister of justice in Mandela's ANC government, and he was the first cabinet minister appointed acting president in the absence of both the president and the deputy president from South Africa.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHe played a major role in transforming the South African justice system.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nIn 1999, following Thabo Mbeki's election as president, Omar became minister of transport, a post he held until his death from cancer.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nHe was married with three children, and was buried with official honours, and in accordance with Muslim rites, on the day of his death.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "One of his principal actions as justice minister was the promulgation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in July 1995, to look into the crimes committed under apartheid and to offer platforms for victims and their families to confront the perpetrators, who would in turn be offered amnesty for coming forward.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nThe article notes that the model served as an inspiration for other post-conflict societies, such as Sierra Leone and Rwanda.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Positions and criticism",
     "markdown": "This section sets out different positions as reported in the sources. It is not a verdict by the museum.\nThe articles present Omar's life's work as human-rights activism: he defended members of the PAC and ANC, was a human rights activist throughout his life, and as justice minister drove the transformation of the justice system and the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}\nNo criticism of Omar is recorded in the articles consulted.{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sources",
     "markdown": "- Dullah Omar — English Wikipedia{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n- Dullah Omar — Persian Wikipedia{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}\n- Dullah Omar — Wikidata Q317726{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "عبد اللہ محمد عمر، جو دولا عمر کے نام سے معروف ہیں، 26 مئی 1934 کو کیپ ٹاؤن کے آبزرویٹری میں گجرات سے آئے مہاجر والدین کے ہاں پیدا ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nوہ جنوبی افریقی وکیل اور اپارتھائیڈ مخالف کارکن تھے جو 1994 میں نیلسن منڈیلا کی حکومت میں وزیر انصاف بنے۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nان کا انتقال 13 مارچ 2004 کو بطور وزیر ٹرانسپورٹ خدمات انجام دیتے ہوئے ہوا۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی و کیریئر",
     "markdown": "انہوں نے 1957 میں یونیورسٹی آف کیپ ٹاؤن سے قانون کی ڈگری حاصل کی اور پی اے سی اور اے این سی کے ارکان کا دفاع کیا۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\nان پر بار بار پابندی اور بلا مقدمہ حراست لاگو رہی، اور وہ اپارتھائیڈ حکومت کے قتل کے منصوبوں سے بھی بچے۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n1989 میں وہ نیلسن منڈیلا کے ترجمان بنے۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n1994 میں وزیر انصاف کے طور پر انہوں نے عدالتی نظام کی تبدیلی اور سچ اور مفاہمت کمیشن کے قیام میں مرکزی کردار ادا کیا۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n1999 سے وہ وزیر ٹرانسپورٹ رہے اور وفات کے دن سرکاری اعزاز اور اسلامی رسوم کے ساتھ دفن کیے گئے۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کام",
     "markdown": "وزیر انصاف کے طور پر ان کا نمایاں اقدام جولائی 1995 میں سچ اور مفاہمت کمیشن کا اعلان تھا۔{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مآخذ",
     "markdown": "- دولا عمر — انگریزی وکیپیڈیا{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-en}\n- دولا عمر — فارسی وکیپیڈیا{cite:wikipedia-dullah-omar-fa}\n- دولا عمر — وکی ڈیٹا Q317726{cite:wikidata-dullah-omar}"
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