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Construct a church in Saudi Arabia...

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Submitted by M.D'Souza (United States), Mar 22, 2008 at 16:48

...and name it 'Our Lady of Fatima Church". Will the Saudis tolerate it? Afterall, Fatima was the name of prophet Muhammad's daughter and the wife of his cousin Ali, who started the Shia sect.

What about naming the church: 'Maria the Copt' Church, after the wife of prophet Muhammad's last wife, Maria al-Qibtiyya.

Both these names -- Fatima and Maria are venerated by the Roman Catholic Church, and both these names are associated with the prophet Muhammad.

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