Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of one of the worldโs oldest rural mosques, built around the time Islam arrived in the holy land,
The Israel Antiquities Authority estimates that the mosque, uncovered ahead of new construction in the Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev desert, dates back to the 7th to 8th centuries.
There are large mosques known to be from that period in Jerusalem and in Makkah but it is rare to find a house of prayer so ancient whose congregation is likely to have been local farmers, the antiquities authority said.
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Excavated at the site were the remains of an open-air mosque โ a rectangular building, about the size of a single-car garage, with a prayer niche facing south toward Makkah.
โThis is one of the earliest mosques known from the beginning of the arrival of Islam in Israel, after the Arab conquest of 636 C.E.,โ said Gideon Avni of the antiquities authority.
โThe discovery of the village and the mosque in its vicinity are a significant contribution to the study of the history of the country during this turbulent period.โ
Source : Arab news
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