John of Damascus

يوحنا الدمشقي

Draft card for John of Damascus, the Christian monk and theologian living under the Umayyad state who wrote against Islam — a leading Christian voice in early kalam-era dialogue; he died about 749 and his entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Roles
theologian
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
Identifiers
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Place in the story

    Christian (self-identified)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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    Sources

    • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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    islam.museum contributors. “John of Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yuhanna-al-dimashqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.

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