A surprising mosque

Anthony McRoy  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Dec 2021
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A surprising mosque

THE UMAYYAD MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS:
Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam
By Alain George
Gingko. 264 pages. £60
ISBN 978 1 909 942 455

Christians are often surprised to learn that Muslims believe in Christ’s second coming.

Muslims say they know to where Jesus will return – Damascus, specifically, the Minaret of Jesus on the Umayyad Mosque, as Alain George observes in his excellent book A tradition… in the compilation by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 261/875). George, however, notes that ‘the Arabic phrasing points to the east gate of Damascus rather than that of the mosque…’

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