Question

In this city, twelve hypocrites refused to pray at a building constructed where a donkey was hitched. This city’s constitution was signed by eight tribes called the Helpers. In this city, three coffins (20[1])and an empty grave were surrounded (0[1])by a pentagonal (20[1])wall to discourage circumambulation. Praying at this city’s Quba Mosque yields a reward equivalent to one Umrah pilgrimage. (20[1])The Green Dome marks (20[1]0[1])a (*) burial (0[1])site (10[1]0[1])at this city’s (10[1])Mosque (10[1])of the (10[1])Prophet. (10[1]0[2])After (0[1])its people welcomed (10[1])persecuted (10[1])visitors, (10[2])this city (10[1])was (0[1])renamed (10[1])from Yathrib to the (10[1])Arabic (10[2])word (10[1])for “city.” (10[1])A trip to this city marked the beginning of the Islamic calendar. (10[2])During the Hijra, Muhammad (10[1])fled (10[1])to (10[2])this city. For 10 points, name this (0[1])second holiest city in Islam (10[1])after (10[1])Mecca. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Medina [or Madinah; accept Yathrib before mention]
<Ganon Evans, RMP - Islam&gt; ~25153~ &lt;Editor: Athena Kern>
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Shawn SyedUniversity LabKinkaid3220
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ADetroit Country Day380
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestWoodland4120
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryDetroit Catholic Central A5920
Yashwanth BajjiTroySolon6320
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWalter Payton630
Colin StewartBarrington ARockford Auburn A650
C. SchenkelWashingtonBelvidere660
Braden BoothDallas CountyPlymouth6610
Sam KonkelJohns Creek ADunbar6910
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayThomas Jefferson A7010
Ibrahim MohammadChattahoochee AChoate Rosemary Hall7210
Michael ZhengIrvington AHeights7310
Carson JacobsonWinnebagoJohns Creek B730
Fahian JoyHunter BElkhorn North730
Luca BalescuMercer CountyHoover B740
Luke SnyderRockford Auburn BMaggie Walker B7710
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy ACarl Sandburg7810
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CNorthmont A7910
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sWinston Churchill A7910
Sam MacchiBelmontHunter A8110
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaThomas Jefferson B820
Hari VeginatiStevenson AWinston Churchill B8310
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastMidtown8710
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CBarrington B8810
Tony HanCarbondaleChattahoochee B8810
Puna EkkaNew BrightonHinsdale Central8910
Sam McNameeMaggie Walker AWilliam Fremd9110
Ben HorningWaukeeMoberly10310
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BJohn Adams A10310
Aristuto PaulParkway WestMexico10710
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BDetroit Catholic Central C10810
Brodie HenryWest PointNorthmont B10910
Aryan PathakLake HighlandCincinnati Hills Christian10910
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephStevenson B1160
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BMira Loma12110
Joslyn SmithElkhorn NorthHunter B12210
Grace SunStevenson BSaint Joseph1230
David BertolasiBelvidereWashington12310
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn ABarrington A12410
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWinnebago12410
Addison BakerWalter PaytonThomas Jefferson D12410
Miley HentonHoover BMercer County12410