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| | Visitor's Complete Guide to Bahrain |
 | | Work on the Al Khamis Mosque, still standing today, was started around this time, though it would not be complete until two centuries later and its distinctive twin minarets erected even later, around the 15th century. |
| | Bahrain's history had opened it to a multitude of cultural influences, and when the first Moslems arrived in the seventh century, there were already a number of other faiths, including Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians. |
| | Bahrain was the first country outside the Arabian peninsula to embrace Islam during the lifetime of Prophet Mohammed. |
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