Umayyad
Americannoun
noun
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The first pope to officially enter a mosque was John Paul II, who made history when he visited the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus in 2001.
From BBC
Fustat was the site of Egypt’s capital under the Umayyad dynasty after the Arab conquest.
From Reuters
Putin visited Damascus’s famous historic Umayyad Mosque and is due to visit several more sites while in Syria during the days when Russian Orthodox celebrate the Christmas holiday.
From Washington Post
“It took two days to clear out Sahar farms after that strike,” said Umayyad.
From The Guardian
Zemmour claims not only that Charles Martel’s defeat of the Umayyad caliphate near Poitiers in 732 gave rise to the Frankish empire but also that this confrontation between civilizations is being repeated today.
From New York Times
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