... rule. Because Holy Cities were destinations of pilgrimages made by Muslims, they served important roles in Islam as being popular religious sites for Muslims all over the Muslim world to come for veneration, which strengthened Islam as well. Also, Muslim cities then were the center of religious powers of Islam ... the Muslim world. Also, Arab scholar Al-Tabiri's (Doc #6) records of the story of Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur changing the capital for a safer one reflects that the supposed roles of some Muslim cities in the Post-Classical Age were to provide the Caliph the safety, loyalty and ...

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... 440 of them to the US. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as the US Government called the major conflict campaign in Iraq, comprehended of only 42 days, generating the death of one hundred thirty nine US soldiers. Even though OIF officially ended on May 1st, the military operations in this Middle Eastern country are still being held in order to keep peace ... highly banned in Western Societies, for example, Cuban citizens are not allowed to travel outside the country, in Iran an individual is not allowed to profess a religion different than the one imposed by the government, and none of the...

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