Saudi Arabia is pouring billions of dollars into the holy city of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, the cradle of Islam and the burial place of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him), to turn the city into a high-tech bastion. "Madinah was the springboard for Islamic civilization," Tahir Mohammed Bawazir, chairman of Knowledge Economic City Developers Company Ltd, told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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