History On 4 April

1. NATO Standing

April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was officially established in Brussels, Belgium. At that time, there were 12 countries that signed the founding charter of NATO that France, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the U.S., and hosts Belgium. The core of the NATO charter is an agreement of the signatory countries to form a joint defense.

Thus, all forms of attack aimed at one of the NATO member states will be considered an attack against other countries. The next few years, Germany, Greece, Spain, and Turkey joined NATO. At the same time, the French even take a distance with NATO. In 1960, although still listed as a member of NATO, the French began to withdraw its forces from NATO and reduce its dependence on security to the defense pact.

NATO is actually a consequence of the formation of the cold war situation after World War II. The communist Soviet Union regarded by Western nations as a threat. Therefore, when the Soviet Union had collapsed in the early 90s, NATO trying hard to find a justification for the existence of the organization.

Moreover, a number of Eastern Bloc countries, including Russia itself, ultimately choosing to join NATO. Thus, NATO is losing its identity. NATO later seen in the U.S. is a strong dominance of various organizational policies. Therefore, a number of countries began to request that U.S. dominance was reduced.

2. Senegal 

April 4, 1960, Senegal, a country located in West Africa, gained its independence from France. Initially, Senegal was colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century. Then, the area of ​​Senegal colony taken over by the French in the 17th century. France as it did large-scale exploitation of natural resources and the people of Senegal.

Many blacks Senegal transported to France to be used as slaves. Following the weakening of the French military forces after the Second World War, Senegal managed to gain many concessions from Paris, although it has not gained full independence.

 It was only in 1960, Senegal managed to become the country with full independence. Since that year, on April 4, be a national day Senegal. Republic of Senegal is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Mauritania, Mali, and Ginea. This vast country 196 thousand square kilometers.

3. Shaykh al-Islam Died

Tanun 13th Safar 303 Hijri, Abu Abdurahman ibn Ahmad Shoaib Nasa `i, better known as Shaykh al-Islam, a famous hadith expert died. He was born in the year 220 Hijri in a rural area of ​​Khorasan, Iran. Since their youth, Shaykh al-Islam had gone to Egypt to study. Having successfully gained a lot of knowledge in the fields of hadith and fiqh, Shaykh al-Islam went to Damascus.

In that area, he was a lot of lecturing about the virtues of Ahlul Bait. This act was a lot of condemnation from groups that hate towards Ahlul Bait. Shaykh al-Islam even once terrorized by these groups. Finally, he went to Mecca and settled in the Holy Land. Among the famous works of Shaykh al-Islam is a book titled "Khashais Amiril Mu'minin Ali" and "Sunan Nasa` i ".