(Jon of the Clue Crew stands next to a monitor.) Kufic, named for the city of Kufa and often used for religious texts, is an ancient style of writing this most widely spoken Semitic language
Religious ideas and practices (simony, reform movements .... ment from Baghdad 
to a new nearby city called Samarra ...... Europe but also to interest in Semitic 
languages and East- ...... though its use was more common after the 10th century.