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    Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque (Arabic: جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning the Mosque of Olive), is a major mosque...
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    romanized: Jāmi‘a al-Zaytūna, French: Université Ez-Zitouna) is a public ancient medieval university in Tunis, Tunisia. The university originates in the Al-Zaytuna Mosque...
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    Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual...
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    were built under the Hafsid dynasty in the 13th century and near the Al-Zaytuna Mosque. They are organized in several streets and alleys. The three souks...
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    33-meter-tall minaret was inspired by the Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunisia. The great entrance door to the Paris Mosque is ornamented with stylized floral motifs...
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    mosque were established at the outskirts of the ancient ruins, founded by Hassan ibn al-Nu'man, which would become the city of Tunis and the Zaytuna Mosque...
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  • 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved 28 March 2024. Chater, Khalifa (2002). "Zaytūna". In Bearman...
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    received a PhD for his thesis on the sceptic poet and philosopher Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri. Taha Hussein left for Montpellier, enrolled in its university...
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    completed in 1233. It was the first Friday mosque to be built in Tunis after Al-Zaytuna Mosque. The mosque was built in the Kasbah, the citadel or seat...
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    Vacher in 1650 – and was opened on Christmas Day 1897. The Great Mosque of Al-Zaytuna ("Mosque of Olive") is the oldest in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, and...
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    al-Nawawi, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Ghazali, al-Suyuti, Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ibn 'Asakir, al-Subki, al-Taftazani...
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    crediting a private individual (rather than a ruler) for a mosque's construction. The al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, which was founded earlier around 698, also...
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    mathematics, and of medicine that enabled him to lead the prestigious Al-Zaytuna Mosque and the University of Ez-Zitouna for several years. Staunch defender...
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  • Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, by at least 200 militants led by Juhayman al-Otaibi, who had declared his brother-in-law, Muhammad bin abd Allah al-Qahtani...
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    بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī, Arabic: [ibn xalduːn]; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was...
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    Dey and Hammouda-Pacha mosques, an Ottoman-inspired octagonal minaret. Al-Zaytuna Mosque Zitouna Mosque Court El Ksar Mosque dating from 12th century...
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    was called al-Zahra (the luminous), and the institution was named in her honor. It was founded as a mosque by the Fatimid commander Jawhar al-Siqilli at...
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    dean in the Damascus University and served as the imam of the Umayyad Mosque. Al-Bouti wrote more than sixty books on Islamic law and theology. He was...
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    creation of numerous operations including Radio Mosaique FM, Jawhara FM, Zaytuna FM, Hannibal TV, Ettounsiya TV, and Nessma TV. In 2007, some 245 newspapers...
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    ancestors came from al-Khudayriyya in Baghdad. His family moved to Asyut, hence the nisba "al-Suyuti". His father taught Shafi'i law at the Mosque and Khanqah...
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    Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsiyy al-Ghazali (Arabic: أَبُو حَامِد مُحَمَّد بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلطُّوسِيّ ٱلْغَزَّالِيّ), known commonly as Al-Ghazali (Arabic: ٱلْغَزَالِيُّ;...
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    currently named University of al-Qarawiyyin. The Ez-Zitouna University, which was established in 732 CE as Al-Zaytuna Mosque, served as an organization of...
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  • places of learning. The Abdaliyya library which he founded in the Al-Zaytuna Mosque around 1500 has survived intact into modern times. Leo Africanus recorded...
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    al-Qushayri and al-Juwayni, were barred from the mosques in or around 1049. The Sultan then issued an order imprisoning them, as well as Abu-Sahl Ibn al-Muwaffaq...
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  • after a few years of studying with his father Lamine was sent to AL-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunisia to pursue his education. He quickly turns his interest...
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    Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic: فخر الدين الرازي) or Fakhruddin Razi (Persian: فخر الدين رازی) (1149 or 1150 – 1209), often known by the sobriquet Sultan...
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    entered khalwa (spiritual seclusion), in a zawiyah of the Masjid al-Wujayrah mosque in Tarim. He also married in this same year. He would spend his time...
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  • the Great Mosque of al-Mansur in Baghdad and Umayyad Mosque in Damascus indicating his high status and scholarship. Ibn Nasir narrated: "When al-Khatib read...
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    Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْأَشْعَرِيّ, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī; 874–936 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist of the Shafi'i...
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  • the mosques for the Muslims to pray in. Al-Zaytuna Mosque Ksar Mosque Kasbah Mosque Al Haliq Mosque Al Haoua Mosque Bab Bhar Mosque Tabbanine Mosque Bab...
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