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Omar Ibn Al Khattab (ra): The Opening of Jerusalem

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The Battle of Hems

Hems was the biggest city in Assham, and second to Hems was Damascus. The Persians overtook Damascus in the year 613 when the Prophet-Salaam essentially began his public dawg. They killed 90,000 people, 90,000 Christians in Al-Qutz, in Jerusalem. And they even stole from the church of the Holy Sepulchre what is known as the true cross.

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