"In the Islamic world many places of worship belonging to the earlier religion have been converted to mosques.” M. Shokoohy: "Two fire temples converted to mosques in central Iran”, Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce, EJ. Brill, Leiden 1985, p.546. (Koenraad Elst)

"In the Islamic world many places of worship belonging to the earlier religion have been converted to mosques.” M. Shokoohy: "Two fire temples converted to mosques in central Iran”, Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce, EJ. Brill, Leiden 1985, p.546.

Koenraad Elst

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