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Two altars in a mosque of a Christian city \u2014 for Shiites and Sunnis.<\/strong>
At the Tbilisi Juma Mosque, beliefs may differ, but the essence is shared \u2014 hope for salvation and justice.
According to Islamic tradition, the middle of the month of Sha\u2019ban signifies the \u201cawaiting of the Savior,\u201d serving as a common language among religions.
The Second Coming, the Savior \u2014 this is what Seyed Ali Mojani, Iran\u2019s Ambassador to Georgia, writes about on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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