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Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية al-Qāhira tārīkhiyya), refers mostly to the areas of Cairo, Egypt, that were built from the Muslim conquest in 641 CE until the city's modern expansion in the 19th century during Khedive Ismail's rule, namely ...
The history of Islam in New York City can be traced back to the 17th century, with the foundation of the New Amsterdam colony. The first Muslim settler was most likely the Dutch North African merchant Anthony Janszoon van Salee (known by contemporaries as Anthony the Turk).
Cairo / ˈ k ɛər oʊ / is a town in Greene County, New York, United States.The population was 6,644 at the 2020 census. It is the third largest town in the county. [3] [4] The town is in the southern part of the county, partly in the Catskill Park.
Social and artistic usages found in architectural decoration, court ritual, and open ceremony have been recorded through the Islamic dynasties of Cairo since the Fatimid Dynasty. [4]: 236 Bayn al-Qasrayn was the center of life throughout the centuries of Fatimid control in Egypt.
The portable mihrab from the al-Sayyida Nafisa Mosque is also currently housed in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. [2] Another portable wooden mihrab in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is dated to 1125–6. It is also attributed to the patronage of Caliph al-Amir and was made for the al-Azhar Mosque.
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a mosque and an Islamic cultural center in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is located at 1711 Third Avenue, between East 96th and 97th Streets. The Islamic Cultural Center was the first purpose-built mosque in New York and continues to be one
CAIRO/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Mamadou Safaiou Barry was determined to study Islamic theology at an elite school. Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew a map of Africa in his spiral ...
The city's main street connected its northern and southern gates and passed between the palaces via Bayn al-Qasrayn. In this period of the city's history, however, Cairo was a restricted city accessible only to the caliph, the army, state officials, and other persons required for the palace-city's functioning. [4] [3]