Shabeka Graveyard

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Shabeka Graveyard

This graveyard is where some of the pagan Arabs used to bury their daughters alive prior to the advent of Islam. It is a...

This graveyard is where some of the pagan Arabs used to bury their daughters alive prior to the advent of Islam. It is also believed that Sumayya bint Khayyat, the first martyr in Islam is buried here.

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