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Hala Sultan Tekke or the Mosque of Umm Haram is the third holiest site in Islam. The prominent Muslim shrine near Larnaca, on the island of Cyprus is described by the United Nations Development Programme in Cyprus as Islam’s third holiest site, after the Kaaba in Mecca and the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina. [1]
In an assessment of the environmental and cultural assets of Cyprus, Professor George E. Bowen, a senior Fullbright scholar at the University of Tennessee, is also quoted as referring to the Hala Sultan Tekke as the third holiest place for Muslims in the world.[2]
The definition of the Cypriot administration's Department of Antiquities: "It is the main Muslim pilgrimage site of Cyprus and the third most important holy place of Islam".[3]
A number of other sources also refer to Hala Sultan Tekke as Islam's third-holiest site.[4][5][6][7]
The definition "the third holiest site in the Muslim world" for Hala Sultan Tekke is also taken over by a number of Cypriot holiday and property websites. [1] [2] [3][4]
- ^ Hala Sultan Tekke: Where East Meets West. Issue 1. United Nations Development Programme (Spring 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-12.
- ^ Bowen, George E. (April 3, 2001). Assessing the Isle of Cyprus. Patrick S. O'Brien on the University of Tennessee server. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. “Three historic churches and monasteries are within the city. Just outside the city is the location of the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque, the third holiest place for Muslims in the world.”
- ^ Monuments: Hala Sultan Tekke. Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communications and Works; Department of Antiquities (2005). Retrieved on 2006-03-06. “The Muslim mosque of Hala Sultan is located in the center of a spectacular garden at the west bank of the Salt Lake, about 6 km southwest of Larnaca. It is the main Muslim pilgrimage site of Cyprus and the third most important holy place of Islam.”
- ^ Boyle, Kevin; Juliet Sheen (October 1997). "Cyprus", Freedom of religion and belief: a world report. London: Routledge, 286–293. LCCN 97-224015 ISBN 0415159776.
- ^ Drayton, Penny (January 1993). "Aphrodite's island". Wood & water 2 (41).
- ^ Trubshaw, Bob (February 1993). "The Black Stone - the Omphalos of the Goddess". Mercian Mysteries (14). “"In Cyprus is another highly venerated Islamic site - the third most important after Mecca and Medina - the Hala Sultan Tekke. This, too, has a black rock, said to have fallen as a meteorite as part of the tritholon over the shrine. The shrine is to a woman - the aunt and foster mother of Prophet Mohammed"”
- ^ islamdefenders.net (June 9, 2005). Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) predicted the conquest of Cyprus and the death of Umm Haram.. Retrieved on 2007-10-10. “Umm Haram's shrine was claimed to be the third most important pilgrimage site in the Muslim world, especially after 1787, when a tekke, an informal Ottoman monastery, was established close to the tomb.”
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