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To: Bilow who wrote (40158)	8/26/2002 11:27:09 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (4) of 281500

a day or so ago some one posted "Turkey will be the dominant muslim country...", to which I responded "Turkey does not have Mecca & Medina". Ike said it in much better words than I could : "... Were the Al-Saud family to fall foul of America it can, as the keepers of the Holy Places of Mecca & Medina, bank on overwhelming pan-Islamic support to hinder any American efforts in the Middle East. The “Arab street” is a non-entity however Muslims consider Saudi Arabia to be the home of Islam and a sacrosanct nation. Saudi Arabia’s sway over Muslim sentiment is significant and any hostile act towards it would unleash a frenzied reaction amongst Muslims, which would make their visceral hatred towards Israel seem almost benign. Thus Saudi Arabia’s threat is the “Mecca leverage”! Indeed to rule the Hijaz is to control the heart of Islam. The Hijaz contains the holy cities of Mecca & Medina and in its existence, as an ancient regional entity, has been the focal point of early Islamic history. It figures prominently in the minds of every Muslim for the footsteps of the Holy Prophet {PBUH} are scattered throughout the region. Hijaz is an independent entity from Saudi Arabia and is renowned for its cosmopolitanism. ..."

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