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Interior, Grand Mosque and shrine said to contain the head of John the Baptist.
God will then send Jesus to earth (the Second Coming) to fight and defeat the Antichrist in
the battle of Armageddon.
Whether you're a Christian or a Muslim will obviously influence your view of the process,
the purpose and the location.
Prominent Islamic traditions state that in the event of Jesus' descent from heaven, two an-
gels will deposit him on top of the Eastern Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
People will then put up a ladder for him to climb down. (Although it is a little perplexing to
think that the angels would leave him on the minaret rather than bring him to the ground.)
It was suggested that people of various faiths and sects, were buying up properties around
the tower, based on their beliefs regarding the Second Coming.
