Today, strung between the marble domes of the Mughal mosques in the Old City, and the orderly colonial townscape of the Mall, Lahore is not only the most attractive city in Pakistan but also the most artistic and intellectual.

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As a result, the Old City is still a place of shadowy mosques and teeming bazaars clustered around the Charminar, a 16th-century landmark with four distinctive minarets.

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The fellows, having spent two weeks in New York City visiting mosques and synagogues amid discussions of business plans and Middle East politics, departed with tangible action steps to improve their organizations' sustainability.

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Check into the comfortable Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi (31st Street Airport Rd) - highly rated for its business facilities and just 15 minutes from the airport - then head straight into Abu Dhabi, the calm capital city of the United Arab Emirates, where mosques, parks and skyscrapers mingle comfortably.

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The city boasts an impressive array of ancient monuments and priceless artefacts, including its striking earthen mosques -- made from mud and wood -- and a vast trove of scholarly manuscripts held in public and private collections.

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Outside the building we're staying in, the non-stop, looped recordings of "God is great" continue to sing plaintively across the city from half a dozen mosques.

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From snake charmers to the labyrinthine old-city center, from merchants hawking colorfully woven carpets to the ornate mosques, Marrakech embodies many aspects of Morocco's fascinating heritage.

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In a report issued early in January, Singapore blamed the spread of radicalism among its Muslims on militant Arab foundations that run schools and mosques in the city-state.

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Islamic scholars traveled great distances to study in the city's university, which had 25, 000 students during its zenith, and was comprised of three mosques.

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