Al-Farooq
Al-Farooq (also spelled El-Farouk, Al Farouk or Al-Faruq) may refer to:
People
- Umar, Muslim caliph and companion of Muhammad, known as Al-Faruq ("Distinguisher between truth and false")
- Al-Farooq, biography of Umar by Shibli Nomani
- Al-Farouq Aminu, American basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets
- El-Farouk Khaki, Canadian lawyer
- Omar al-Faruq, (1971–2006), Al-Qaeda member
- Farrokh Bulsara, better known as Freddie Mercury, British singer-songwriter
Places
- Al Farouq training camp, an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Al Farouk de Tombouctou, football (soccer) team in Mali
Other uses
- Farouq Brigades, a unit of the Free Syrian Army in the Syrian civil war
See also
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