<P> Saint George is described as a prophetic figure in Islamic sources . George is venerated by some Christians and Muslims because of his composite personality combining several Biblical, Quranic and other ancient mythical heroes . In some of he is identified with Elijah or Mar Elis, George or Mar Jirjus and in others as al - Khidr . The last epithet meaning the "green prophet", is common to both Christian and Muslim folk piety . Samuel Curtiss who visited an artificial cave dedicated to him where he is identified with Elijah, reports that childless Muslim women used to visit the shrine to pray for children . Per tradition, he was brought to his place of martyrdom in chains, thus priests of Church of St. George chain the sick especially the mentally ill to a chain for overnight or longer for healing . This is sought after by both Muslims and Christians . </P> <P> According to Elizabeth Anne Finn's Home in the Holy land (1866): </P> <P> St George killed the dragon in this country; and the place is shown close to Beyroot . Many churches and convents are named after him . The church at Lydda is dedicated to St. George; so is a convent near Bethlehem, and another small one just opposite the Jaffa gate, and others beside . The Arabs believe that St. George can restore mad people to their senses, and to say a person has been sent to St. George's is equivalent to saying he has been sent to a madhouse . It is singular that the Moslem Arabs adopted this veneration for St George, and send their mad people to be cured by him, as well as the Christians, but they commonly call him El Khudder--The Green--according to their favourite manner of using epithets instead of names . Why he should be called green, however, I cannot tell--unless it is from the colour of his horse . Gray horses are called green in Arabic . </P> <P> The mosque of Nabi Jurjis which was restored by Timur in the 14th century, was located in Mosul and supposedly contained the tomb of George . It was however destroyed in July 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who also destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet Sheeth (Seth) and the Mosque of the Prophet Younis (Jonah). The militants claim such mosques have become places for apostasy instead of prayer . </P>

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