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Write about the holy cities of mecca and medina (2 pages)​

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The two holiest sites of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are directly mentioned or referred to in the Quran. In the Islamic tradition, In Shia Islam, after the first four sites, the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf and the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Fatimah Masumeh Shrine in Qom are the holiest sites.

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Medina, Arabic Al-Madinah, formally Al-Madinah al Munawwarah ("The Luminous City") or Madīnat Rasul Allāh ("City of the Messenger of God [i.e., Muhammad]"), ancient Yathrib, city located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, about 100 miles (160 km) inland from the Red Sea and 275 miles from Mecca by road. It is the second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca.The Prophet's Mosque, showing the green dome built above the tomb of Muhammad, Medina, Saudi Arabia.Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community (ummah) after his flight from Mecca (622 CE) and is where his body is entombed. A pilgrimage is made to his tomb in the city's chief mosque. Pop. (2010) 1,100,093.