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Common Humanity
Peacemaking through Understanding, Respect and Friendship with the Middle East and the Muslim World
Mel Lehman visited the Umayyad mosque several times in the course of his humanitarian work in Syria. "I always felt a warm welcome," he said.
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In 2001 Pope John Paul II visited the Umayyad Mosque:
http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=923&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=hq&pageno=1
The Umayyad Mosque has a long and dis-tinguished history. First it was a temple. Then it was the Church of St John the Baptist which is why the shrine of John the Baptist is there. Then it was changed to a Mosque in 715 CE.
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