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	Sharif, (Muhammad) Nawaz - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sharif, (Muhammad) Nawaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tensions between Sharif and Pakistan's General Musharraf heightened after Sharif used his influence to withdraw Pakistani-backed forces from the Indian side of the line of control in Kashmir in July 1999.
		Sharif's first political post was as finance minister in his native Punjab 1981–85, during the military dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq.
		Although found guilty of terrorism and hijacking, Sharif was acquitted of charges of conspiracy to murder and kidnapping.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sharif,+(Muhammad)+Nawaz (572 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mecca
		Mecca, the capital of Arabia and the sacred city of the Mohammedans, is situated in the district of Hijaz about 21°30' N. latitude and 40°20' E. longitude, some seventy miles east of the Red Sea.
		Mecca, the seat of government during the reign of the first five Khalifs, is now governed by a Sharif, chosen by the people from the Sayyids or the descendants of Mohammed, but under the immediate authority of the Sultan of Turkey (Hughes, "Dictionary of Islam", q.v.).
		The early history of Mecca is shrouded in obscurity, although Mohammedan writers have preserved an abundance of legendary lore according to which the city dates back to Abraham who is said to have there worshipped the true God.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10099a.htm (598 words)

	Báb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To these first eighteen disciples the Báb gave the task of spreading the new Faith throughout the land.
		After the first eighteen Letters of the Living had independently recognized the Báb, the Báb and the eighteenth Letter of the Living, Quddús, left on a pilgrimmage to Mecca and Medina, the sacred cities of Islam.
		In Mecca, the Báb wrote to the Sharif of Mecca explaining his mission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B%c3%a1b (2970 words)

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