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| In a dozen chapters, each ten to fifteen pages long, he describes and compares Islamic and Christian perspectives on the topics of creation, the nature of grace and mercy, Jesus as Messiah and Muhammad as the "seal of the prophets," the Qur'an and the Bible, revelation, power in the Hijrah and the cross, the holy cities of Medina and Jerusalem, the unity of God, the place of pilgrimage, prayer and fellowship, and the understanding of global mission. military bases in Saudi Arabia (where the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina are located) after the first Gulf War restored the Kuwaiti emirs to power. Wrote the king in a royal decree: "The right to express anger and protest what people see as oppression and excess against our brothers in religion and Arabism in Palestine and Jerusalem, and the violation of the holy cities and what happened in Iraqi prisons, is a legitimate right of the citizens and we share those sentiments. |
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Holy City - phrases used to refer to Heaven; "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'"