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Alkab By : Dr. D.S. Merchant "The term lakab (pl. alkab) was also termed nabaz (pl. anbaz), and by form labaz, and later on it became lakab. The ancient Arabs excelled in inventing nasty alkab for their enemies, but the Koran (49:11) forbade them not to use pejorative sobriquets: "Do not scoff at each other or give each other derisory nicknames" (wala talmizu anfusakum wala tanabazu bi 'l-alkab). The Gunpowder Plot ~ 1605 By : Ken Austin During Elizabeth I's reign. Acts of increasing severity were passed against English Roman Catholics, aimed mainly at their political activities. The rising of the Northern Earls, the Papal Bull of excommunication deposing Elizabeth, the Ridolfi Plot, and the constant threat of Philip II's Catholic crusade, had forced the hand of a tolerant Queen, and her government felt compelled to take more stringent measures