Throughout the latter part of his reign, he was obsessed by the memory of the Holy Land, the territory of which was rapidly shrinking before the Muslim advance.
The morbid "Along the Way" treads perilously close to Johnny Cash territory, holy ground Mr. Allan has more than earned the right to.
Blessed by a marabout, or Muslim holy man, the territory attracted more settlers in the 1970s during a period of great national drought, when the problems of flooding seemed nonexistent.
And yoga came with Seattle's hip, holier-than-thou territory.
He raps about the realities of the city's violent South Side (there have been more than 200 homocides so far this year) without glorifying it and, at the same time, manages to not wander into Lupe Fiasco-holier than thou territory, which is where most conscious hip-hop has been hanging around waiting to slowly die for the best part of the last decade.
Page A9 A HOLY PLACE IN HOSTILE TERRITORY Much like ancient pilgrims escorted by knights, groups of devout Jews are loaded onto buses and escorted by Israeli soldiers into Nablus, a city in the West Bank.
It normally requires an initiative from the bishop in whose territory the holy person lived; an expert study; and then a referral to a Vatican institution called the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, which can investigate further, hold a vote if necessary and refer the matter to the pope.
In a 48-page English-language booklet distributed to foreign governments and news organizations, Israel accused the Palestinian Authority of willfully exceeding negotiated limits on weapons stockpiles and uniformed security personnel, while ignoring agreements on terrorism and the protection of Jewish holy sites in its territory.
In Nablus in the West Bank, rioting erupted after a funeral for a Palestinian who was killed on Tuesday in clashes there, followed by exchanges of gunfire with Israeli troops stationed at Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy site within Palestinian territory.
