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A sheet from a Koran manuscript from the 8th Century, from the Great Mosque in San'a, Yemen.

Photo: akg-images / Jean-Louis Nou

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A Muslim man reads the Holy Scripts in Multan, Pakistan, 1999.

Photo: akg-images / Gérard Degeorge

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A painting of the Ka'aba in Mecca on the side of a house in Assuan, Egypt, 2000.

Photo: akg-images / Gérard Degeorge

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A detail of the ornate walls of the tombs of the Sa'adi rulers in Marrakesh.

Photo: akg-images / Robert O'Dea

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The arcade courtyard in the Great Mosque in Damascus, 1991.

Photo: akg-images / Jean-Louis Nou