Welcome Muharram! I found the moon tonight. Can you find it too?

March means cherry blossoms in Seattle; this year it means Ramadan.
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The IDF killed 6yo Hind Rajab. They killed her family. They killed the paramedics that came to find her. If you defend Israel in this you have no humanity.

Tonight (Saturday Feb 10th) is the 29th of Rajab, so if skies are clear you can go see the new moon of Sha’baan in shaa Allah. It should be visible everywhere in the US.
#moonsighting #aiart #islamicart

It really didn’t take very long, did it?

A possible book recommendation for you:

Saladin: The Triumph of the Sunni Revival by Dr. Abdur Rahman Azzam

The University of Al-Qarawiyyin was established as a mosque in Fez in the 9th century. Many believe it founded by a woman (Fatima Al-Fihri) who migrated to Fez from Al-Qayrawān (in modern Tunisia), hence the name.

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Al Azhar university in Cairo was established by the Fatimids, a Shi’a dynasty ruling in North Africa in the 10th century. When Salah-ud-Deen conquered the Fatimids, he converted the institution to teach Sunni Islam, which it still does.

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The Dome of the Rock was constructed during Umayyad rule in the late 7th century CE, about 60 years after the death of the Messenger (peace be upon him.). It is so distinctive that if you try to get any AI image of Jerusalem it pops up even anachronistically.
(AI-generated image)

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This is also supposed to be the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, but if you ask for the animated film style, the domes get painted like Easter eggs.

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More attempts at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, this time with white beards.

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The Umayyad mosque in Damascus was built in the early 8th century and despite expansions and restorations still exudes its defining Umayyad character and Byzantine influences.
(AI-generated image)
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Horseshoe arches with alternating colors of brick and stone are distinctive elements of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, a monument to the flourishing of faith, culture, and art in Andalusia.
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