Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ancient ummayad mosque in the city of ramla”. Today it says “umayyad -era mosque”.
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Umayyad-era mosque in Ramla, Israel For the mosque of the same name in the city of Nazareth, see White Mosque, Nazareth . The White Mosque ( Arabic : المسجد الأبيض , romanized : al-Masjid al-Abyad ; Hebrew : המסגד הלבן , romanized : HaMisgad HaLavan ) was an Umayyad -era mosque located in Ramle , Israel . Only its minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an Islamic prophet, Salih . The minaret is also known as the Tower of the Forty Martyrs . Islamic tradition dating back to 1467 claims that forty companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad were buried at the mosque, which influenced an erroneous Western Christian tradition from the 16th century that the White Mosque was originally a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste . A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land . A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948 . Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem . 21 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The White Mosque ( Masjid al-Abyad , haMisgad Lavan ) is an ancient Ummayad mosque in the city of Ramla , Israel . Only the minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwest section of the mosque contained the shrine of a famous Palestinian saint, Nabi Salih.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The White Mosque ( a-Masjid al-Abyad , haMisgad haLavan ) is an ancient Ummayad mosque in the city of Ramla , Palestine/Jerusalem . Only the minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwest section of the mosque contained the shrine of a famous Islamic saint, Nabi Salih .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Ancient Ummayad mosque in Ramla, Israel The White Mosque ( haMisgad haLavan , a-Masjid al-Abyad ) is an ancient Ummayad mosque in the city of Ramla , Israel . Only the minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwest section of the mosque contained the shrine of a famous Islamic saint, Nabi Salih . The minaret is also known as the Tower of the Forty Martyrs .Muslim tradition dating back to 1467 claims that forty of the prophet Muhammads companions were buried in the mosque, which erroneously influenced a Western Christian tradition from the 16th century that the White Mosque was originally a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste .A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land .Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem . 21 .
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Umayyad-era mosque in Ramla, Israel For the mosque of the same name in the city of Nazareth, see White Mosque, Nazareth .The White Mosque ( ; ) was an Umayyad -era mosque located in Ramle , Israel .Only its minaret is still standing.According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an Islamic prophet, Salih . The minaret is also known as the Tower of the Forty Martyrs . Islamic tradition dating back to 1467 claims that forty companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad were buried at the mosque, which influenced an erroneous Western Christian tradition from the 16th century that the White Mosque was originally a church dedicated to the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste . A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land . Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem . 21 .
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ancient ummayad mosque in the city of ramla
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umayyad -era mosque
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