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The Omayyad ruler, Omar bin Abdul-Aziz
On 24th of the Islamic month of Rajab in 101AH, the Omayyad ruler, Omar bin Abdul-Aziz, died due to poisoning of food after a reign of three years during which he renounced the oppressive and un-Islamic policies of his predecessors. One of his first acts on becoming caliph was to issue a decree to halt the blasphemous cursing of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (AS), during Friday prayer sermons – a sacrilegious practice begun by the hardcore heathen, Mu’awiyya ibn Abu Sufyan, who through such acts intended to keep the growing neo Muslim population ignorant of the God-given right to rule of the Prophet’s rightful successor. |