Connected Sites
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Centre of Islamic faith in the Maghreb; "third-holiest site" in Islam
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Sulaiman-Too is the main holy and pilgrimage site for Muslims of southern Kyrgyzstan and the Ferghana Valley
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Just to the north of the maximum security prison is the Kramat, a monument built in 1967 on the site where Hadjie Mattarm, a Muslim holy man exiled by the VOC from the East Indies to Robben Island in 1744, was buried. He died in 1755 and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage for the Muslim community of the Cape. (AB ev)
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Adam's Peak
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In terms of the virtue of a religious site, and the value of prayers performed within it, Muslims believe that the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is the third most virtuous mosque
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"the fourth holiest city of Islam"
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Umayyad Mosque, after Mecca and Medina possibly the world's third most important mosque
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Muslim pilgrimage centre (AB ev)
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Chinguetti: major site for African pilgrims, principal gathering place for pilgrims of the Maghreb to gather on the way to Mecca