pages matching 'caliphate'
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Sunni Islam is the most widely followed denomination of Islam. Sunni constitutes roughly 85% of the Muslim world population. Countries with the largest Sunni population are Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh ...
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Shia Islam is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith. Shia Islam constitutes roughly 15% of the Muslim world population. Countries with the largest Shia population are Iran, Pakistan ...
updated 2010-07-17 21:45:32
Arba'een is a religious observance in Shia Islam. The holiday consists of 40 days of mourning the beheading martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad ...
updated 2010-07-16 21:56:34
The second siege of Constantinople began in the summer of 717. Almost forty years after the five year long first siege, the Arab Caliphate of the Umayyads besieged Constantinople the ...
updated 2012-05-12 20:04:10
Syria is located in Middle East and is bordered by Lebanon, the Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the ...
updated 2012-05-02 22:00:39
The first siege of Constantinople began in 674. After conquering territories in the Middle East and North Africa, Caliph Muawiyah I decided to attack the heart of the Byzantine Empire ...
updated 2010-07-17 05:19:29
Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, is the world’s oldest city capital still in existence.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E2D9103EF930A15751C0A961958260.htm Evidence of civilization in ...
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