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United by Islam

United by Islam
At Illizi, Algeria, Arabs and Tuaregs answer the daily call to prayer with a reading of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. Written in Arabic, the Qur'an offers spiritual and moral guidance as well as practical tenets by which to live, with particular emphasis on community. Islam came to Algeria in the 7th century ad.
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