Paris, Also Lutetia, Paris

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CityAlso Lutetia, Paris

Parisباريس

Capital of France, whose Revolution of 1789 sent new ideas and armies into the Muslim world.

The French Revolution spread ideas of nation and secular rule that reshaped Muslim lands, beginning with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798. Its Grand Mosque opened in 1926 to honour Muslim soldiers who died for France in the First World War.

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European colonial empires

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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