The Caliph Abu Bakr encouraged __________ to expand the religion of Islam
A) missionary work
B) holy struggle
C) scholarship
D) art
E) theatre
B
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A) Hector Berlioz B) Giacomo Meyerbeer C) Frédéric Chopin D) Robert Schumann
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