... were under Muslim 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 ... in the Muslim world. Persian Muslim traveler and Ismaili spy Nasier Khusraw's (Doc #3) report on Cairo depicts a vivid prosperous image of the Muslim city of Cairo as an active trading city, with all the services like caravansaries for caravan traders and the two thousand ships belonged to the ...

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... against Iran and Kuwait affecting the Iraqi citizens with the embargos imposed by the UN as a result. Also, it was about time to dismantle this dictatorial government before it kept functioning as a training camp for terrorists that threaten the free world we live in with their extreme fundamentalist ideals, endangering our freedom of speech, privacy, will and to express ourselves. After September 11th terrorist ... US soil or US interests abroad would be higher if drastic means have not taken place. For this reason, if none actions were taken against Iraq and a new terrorist attack had...

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