Reconciling the views of ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 101 AH/720 CE) on mosque decoration
This paper discusses the views of the 8th Umayyad Caliph, ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (‘Umar II), on mosque decoration. It resolves an ostensible inconsistency between what he as the governor did to the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, and what he intended to do to the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus after...
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Hamdard Foundation Pakistan
2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/1/76050_Reconciling%20the%20Views%20of%20%E2%80%98Umar%20b.%20%E2%80%98Abd%20al-%E2%80%98Aziz.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/76050/6/76050_Reconciling%20the%20views%20of%20%27umar%20b.%20%27abd%20al-%27aziz%20on%20mosque%20decoration_Scopus.pdf |