Editing Saint George (section)

===Veneration in the Muslim world===
George is described as a prophetic figure in Islamic sources.<ref name=Littlefield /> George is venerated by some Christians and Muslims because of his composite personality combining several biblical, Quranic and other ancient mythical heroes.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In some sources, 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 Christian, Muslim, and Druze 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.<ref name="Hovannisian">''Religion and Culture in Medieval Islam'' by Richard G. Hovannisian, Georges Sabagh (2000) {{ISBN|0-521-62350-2}}, Cambridge University Press, pp. 109–110</ref>

According to [[Elizabeth Anne Finn]]'s ''Home in the Holy land'' (1866):<ref>{{cite book | pages =[https://archive.org/details/homeinholylanda00finngoog/page/n64 46]–47|title=Home in the Holyland|author= Elizabeth Anne Finn|publisher=James Nisbet and Co | location = London|year= 1866|url=https://archive.org/details/homeinholylanda00finngoog }}</ref>

{{blockquote|St George killed the dragon in this country; and the place is shown close to [[Beirut|Beyroot]]. Many churches and convents are named after him. The church at Lydda is dedicated to George; so is [[St. George's Monastery, Al-Khader|a convent]] near [[Bethlehem]], and another small one just opposite the [[Jaffa Gate]], and others beside. The Arabs believe that 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 [[Khidr|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.|author=|title=|source=}}

[[File:Coin of Kvirike III.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.35|The earliest numismatic depiction of St. George. Coin of [[Kvirike III]], [[Kingdom of Georgia]], {{Circa|1015}}]]

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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XMBAwAAQBAJ&q=saint+george+mosque+mosul&pg=PA525|title=Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places|date=5 March 2014|publisher=I.B. Tauris|page=525|isbn=978-1-134-25986-1}}</ref> It was however destroyed in July 2014 [[Islamic State occupation of Mosul|by the occupying]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]], who also destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet Sheeth ([[Seth]]) and the [[Mosque of the Prophet Yunus|Mosque of the Prophet Younis]] ([[Jonah]]). The militants claimed that such mosques have become places for apostasy instead of prayer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10994818/Islamic-militants-destroy-historic-14th-century-mosque-in-Mosul.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10994818/Islamic-militants-destroy-historic-14th-century-mosque-in-Mosul.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Islamic militants destroy historic 14th century mosque in Mosul|newspaper=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=28 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

George or ''[[Hazrat]]'' Jurjays was the patron saint of Mosul. Along with [[Theodosius the Cenobiarch|Theodosius]], he was revered by both Christian and Muslim communities of [[Jazira Region|Jazira]] and [[Anatolia]]. The wall paintings of [[Kırk Dam Altı Kilise]] at [[Belisırma]] dedicated to him are dated between 1282 and 1304. These paintings depict him as a mounted knight appearing between donors including a Georgian lady called Thamar and her husband, the Emir and Consul Basil, while the Seljuk Sultan [[Mesud II]] and Byzantine Emperor [[Andronicus II]] are also named in the inscriptions.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUgyAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA402|title=Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan|author=Teresa Fitzherbert|editor=Linda Komaroff|chapter=Religious Diversity Under Ilkhanid Rule|date=5 October 2006|publisher=Brill|page=402|isbn=9789047418573}}</ref>

A [[maqam (shrine)|shrine]] attributed to prophet George can be found in [[Diyarbakır]], Turkey. [[Evliya Çelebi]] states in his ''[[Seyahatname]]'' that he visited the tombs of prophet [[Jonah]] and prophet George in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EVLİYA ÇELEBİ NİN SEYAHATNAME SİNDE DİYARBAKIR* DIYARBAKIR IN EVLIYA ÇELEBI S SEYAHATNAME – PDF Ücretsiz indirin|url=https://docplayer.biz.tr/20638287-Evliya-celebi-nin-seyahatname-sinde-diyarbakir-diyarbakir-in-evliya-celebi-s-seyahatname.html|access-date=21 August 2020|website=docplayer.biz.tr}}</ref><ref>[https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm EVLİYA ÇELEBİ DİYARBAKIR’DA (Turkish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613121442/https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm |date=13 June 2021 }} ''TigrisHaber''. Posted 22 July 2014.</ref>

The reverence for Saint George, who is often identified with Al-Khidr, is deeply integrated into various aspects of Druze culture and religious practices.<ref name="Ferg 2020 197–200">{{cite book|title=Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean|first=Erica|last=Ferg|year=2020 |isbn=9780429594496 |pages=197–200 |publisher=Routledge|quote=}}</ref> He is seen as a guardian of the [[Druze]] community and a symbol of their enduring faith and resilience. Additionally, Saint George is regarded as a protector and healer in Druze tradition.<ref name="Ferg 2020 197–200"/> The story of Saint George slaying the dragon is interpreted allegorically, representing the triumph of good over evil and the protection of the faithful from harm.<ref name="Ferg 2020 197–200"/>