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  • the Shīˤa Imām who taught and preached at Medina, and for the first years of his reign al-Mutawakkil continued the policy. Imām ˤAlī al-Hadī ...
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  • is the original Arab town, known as the Old Medina. This area is partially enclosed by the original rampart walls, and is a maze of narrow streets ...
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  • unable to enter the sanctuaries of Mecca or Medina but that he will make his final stand in Jerusalem, the third sanctuary. He will appear during a ...
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  • ===Journey to Medina=== pilgrims also travel to visit the city of Medina and the Mosque of the Prophet ...
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  • would be ‘Abdu’llah, and he would appear in Medina. He would protect the Muslims from destruction and would restore the religion to its original ...
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  • [[Image:Medina High School.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[Medina High School, Newport|Medina High School]], one of the five state-maintained high schools ...
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  • * The Medina of Kairouan, the skyline of which includes cupolas and ... * The souks (market places) in the Medina quarter, has for sale carpets ...
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  • times. When Prophet Muhammad led his followers to Medina, he found the Jews of that area fasting on the Day of Ashura, or Yom Kippur. At this juncture ...
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  • The first thing Muhammad did upon arriving with his followers near ... went on to establish another mosque in Medina, known today as the Masjid ...
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  • Pennsylvania. His family moved in 1870 to Medina, New York. As a boy Cushing took an interest in Native American artifacts and taught himself ...
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  • without the surgeon's knife. Javier Medina is an example of this type ... cfm?bandID=358067 Javier Medina Avila, including an audio ...
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  • Arabian Peninsula is concentrated in Mecca and Medina, both vitally important cities to the followers of Islam. ==References== * Clark, Arthur ...
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  • the Hejaz railway, linking Damascus and Medina, facilitating both the annual ... to reach the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, but now the rail line is ...
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  • in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah). Both Mecca and ... Muhammad then resolved to emigrate to Medina, then known as Yathrib, a ...
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  • on the internet. The 1997 execution of Pedro Medina created controversy when flames burst from the inmate's head. Since 2006, lethal injection ...
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  • These Temples include those at Edfu, Deir el-Medina and one in Luxor. Learning flourished and a synthesis between Greek and Egyptian culture ...
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  • At the time of his death, the major Muslim cities (Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad), many Balkan provinces up to today's ...
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  • stands over a fountain, created by sculptor Pedro Medina Guzmán. Minerva is also displayed in front of Columbia University's Low Library as "Alma ...
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  • F. Xavier Medina, Food Culture In Spain Greenwood Publishing Group ... * Medina, F. Xavier. Food Culture In Spain. Greenwood Publishing Group ...
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  • |leader_name = Eva Marie Singson-Medina |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date ...
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  • their lawyers and the judge, Harold R. Medina, was held in the United States courthouse on Foley Square in downtown Manhattan and shared headlines ...
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  • ;Deir el-Medina by the workers of the village of Deir el-Medina, located in a small wadi ...
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  • Mosques" in reference to Mecca and Medina, considered by Islam's ... area; Mecca is the holiest city in Islam; Medina is the second holiest city; ...
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  • Archaeological ruins include Medina Azahara, near Córdoba, and the Roman city of Itálica, near Seville, and at Palos, in the province of Huelva ...
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  • Muhammad has established his authority in Medina and in many regions in the ... Muhammad’s Emigration from Mecca to Medina in 622 C.E.: 2:178-179; 2:194 ...
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  • *Scheeder, Donna, and Rubens Medina. The Law Library of Congress in the 21st Century A National and Global Resource. Valencia, Calif: Mobiltape ...
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  • to attack the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. In retaliation, Saladin besieged Kerak, Raynald's fortress in Oultrejordain, in 1183 and ...
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  • by dense occupation, with the medina layout conforming to the topography. There are narrow alleyways but no open public spaces. *The intermediate ...
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  • that he was following orders from Captain Ernest Medina, his commanding officer, Lieutenant William Calley was convicted of premeditated murder for ordering ...
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  • [Quddús, soon left on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, the sacred cities of Islam. In Mecca, the Báb wrote to the Sharif of Mecca explaining his mission ...
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  • Sects, mentions Jews living in nearby Medina and Hejaz who accepted Jesus as a prophetic figure and followed normative Judaism, rejecting the ...
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  • Handsome was troubled. Isabella died in 1504 in Medina del Campo, before Philip and Ferdinand became enemies. Isabella is entombed in Granada ...
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  • After staying for ten days in Jerusalem, the caliph returned to Medina. ==Legacy== [[File:Dome of the Rock, viewed through Bab al-Mathara.jpg ...
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  • Epistemic Injustice, Ian James Kidd, Jose Medina, and Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr. ... * Kidd, Ian James, Jose Medina, and Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr. (eds.), The ...
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  • site of Islam's holy cities of Mecca and Medina—had been corrupted by American influences and was guilty of serious crimes against Islam. He ...
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  • suras were revealed in Mecca and which at Medina. Some suras (e.g., surat ... but for many the ummah under Muhammad in Medina, and under the first four ...
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  • the area of Mecca, and extends to Southern Medina ==Notes== ==References== * Abu-Lughod, Lila. Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin ...
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  • * Medina, Eden. Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile. Journal of Latin American Studies. 38 ...
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  • northern Hijaz as far south as Yathrib (Medina). The Ghassanids acted as ... the Hejaz railway, linking Damascus and Medina, facilitating both the annual ...
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  • with persecution in Mecca migrated to safety in Medina, from where he was also able to launch a series of military campaigns against his oppressors ...
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  • Roash, Assiut, Bawit, Medamud, Tod, and Deir el-Medina *notable examples of Egyptian arts donated by individual collectors ===Greek, Etruscan ...
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  • Expedition, and at the Battle of Medina he was cited for bravery. In the aftermath of the rebellion the young officer witnessed Arredondo's ...
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  • 1567 and 1571, reform convents were established at Medina del Campo, Malagon, Valladolid, Toledo, Pastrana, Salamanca, and Alba de Tormes. ...
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  • Malikites Malik ibn Abbas(d. 795) developed his ideas in Medina, where he apparently knew one of the last surviving companions of the Prophet ...
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  • title. On December 20, 1999, Jorge Medina Estévez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, confirmed ...
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  • world to offer Jumma Prayer after the mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. His missionary team built ten additional mosques along the Malabar coast, including ...
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  • high incidence of dracunculiasis in the city of Medina led to it being included in part of the disease's scientific name medinensis. Guinea worm ...
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  • locales as Atfih, Cusae, Memphis, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, and Dendera, Wilkinson, 144. Budge (1969) goes so far as to suggest that "if we ...
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  • Istanbul-Baghdad Railway, the Istanbul-Medina Railway was also completed -making the Hajj somewhat easier- though there was still a 250 miles ...
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  • For this reason, Velázquez sent Luis de Medina with orders to replace Cortés. However, Cortés' brother-in-law had Medina intercepted ...
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  • visit (Ziyarah) to the Prophet's tomb at Medina. Later, he wrote about the benefit of the Ziyarah (see Peters, 1994: 302-303). He subsequently ...
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  • * Carosso, Vincent P. "The Wall Street Trust from Pujo through Medina," Business History Review (1973) 47:421-37 * Chandler, Lester ...
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  • to Muhammad, he praised the women of Medina because of their desire for religious knowledge: "How splendid were the women of the ansar; shame ...
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  • two years later, on September 27, 1480 in Medina del Campo. Castilian cities: Ávila, Cordoba, Jaén, Medina del Campo, Segovia, Sigüenza ...
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  • with the central Arabian cities, such as Medina (Yathrib) and Mecca. At this time classical Arabic became the language of culture and poetry ...
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  • It was published anonymously in 1554 in Burgos, Medina del Campo, and Alcalá de Henares in Spain, and also in Antwerp, which at the time was ...
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  • on the 5th of October, where the Duke of Medina Sidonia was advised of the ... 5 de Octubre, donde residiendo el Duque de Medina Sidonia y avisado del arribo ...
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  • that two of his coworkers, Max Gomez and Ramon Medina, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...
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  • htm Historia General de las Indias.] Medina del Campo, ES; Zaragoza, ES. Retrieved August 24, 2008. * Sosa, Juan B. and Enrique J. Arce. 1911 ...
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  • the Arabs not to drive the Ottomans out of Medina, thus forcing the Turks to tie up troops in the city garrison. The Arabs were then able to ...
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  • intended. Thus he whose migration [the exile to Medina] was for Allah and His messenger, his migration was for Allah and His messenger, and he whose migration ...
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  • #039;s West Bank. In Medinat Habu and Deir el-Medina, smaller pyramids were built by individuals. Smaller pyramids with steeper sides were also built ...
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  • Lucila Gamero de Medina (1873-1964) wrote the first Honduran novel to be published on an international scale. Numerous well-known painters are ...
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  • to reduce his workload going forward.Mark Medina, [https://www.dailynews.com/2014/1 ... the start of the 2015–2016 season.Mark Medina, [https://www.dailynews.com/2015/0 ...
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  • won the elections when opposing candidates Danilo Medina and Joaquín Balaguer decided that they would not force a runoff following the winner's ...
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  • * Bad-Tibira (Al Medina)— 31|46|N|46|00|E|type=city * Uruk (Warka)— 31|18|N|45|40|E|type=city * Larsa (Tell as-Senkereh)— 31|14|N|45|51 ...
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  • enemies, the pagans of Mecca or the Jews of Medina, but the Qur’anic statements supporting jihad could be redirected once new enemies appeared. ...
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  • caliph in Baghdad, and in 930 sacked Mecca and Medina, bringing the sacred Black Stone back to Bahrain where it was held to ransom. They were defeated ...
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  • Muhammad and the Jews of Khaybar, an oasis near Medina. Khaybar was the first territory attacked and conquered by the Muslim state ruled by Muhammad himself ...
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  • to all three holy cities of Islam: Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. === Zoroastrianism === * In their daily prayers, Zoroastrians commit themselves ...
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  • The Qur’ān, literally "the recitation" (also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Qur'an) is the central religious ...
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  • * Medina, Elizabeth. Rizal According to Retana: Portrait of a Hero and a Revolution. Santiago, Chile: Virtual Multimedia, 1998. ISBN 9567483094 ...
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  • prayer for him and then bury him in the city of Medina in a grave left vacant beside Muhammad, Abu Bakr, and Umar (companions of Muhammad and the first ...
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  • traveled to meet the Muslim Prophet Muhammad in Medina and returned to Afghanistan-Pakistan area as a Muslim. Qais is said to have married the daughter ...
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  • guardian of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Saddam combined the language of the Islamist groups that had recently fought in Afghanistan ...
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