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Edinburgh Central Mosque - Edinburgh's main mosque and Islamic Centre is located on Potterow on the city's southside, near Bristo Square. It was opened in the late 1990s and the construction was largely financed by a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.[55] The first recorded presence of a Jewish community in Edinburgh dates back to the late 17th century.[citation needed] Edinburgh's Orthodox synagogue is located in Salisbury Road, which was opened in 1932 and can accommodate a congregation of 2000. A Liberal congregation also meets in the city.

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Notable residents

Main article: List of Edinburgh people

Many famous people in the past and present have been born in Edinburgh, resident in the city, or connected to it in some way. Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who wrote her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop (Nicolson's Cafe[56][57] as well as the Elephant's House) and Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations.

Edinburgh has been home to the actor Sir Sean Connery, famed as the first cinematic James Bond;[58] Ronnie Corbett, a comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies;[59] and Dylan Moran, the Irish comedian. Famous city artists include the portrait painters Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir David Wilkie and Allan Ramsay. Historians such as Douglas Johnson and Arthur Marwick had roots here.

The city has produced or been home to musicians that have been extremely successful in modern times, particularly Ian Anderson, frontman of the band Jethro Tull; Wattie Buchan, lead singer and founding member of punk band The Exploited; Shirley Manson, lead singer for the band Garbage; The Proclaimers, a musical ensemble of two brothers; the Bay City Rollers; Boards of Canada and Idlewild.

Edinburgh is the hometown of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, who was born in the city and attended Fettes College;[60] Robin Harper the co-convener of the Scottish Green Party; and John Witherspoon, the only clergyman to sign the United States Declaration of Independence, and later president of Princeton University.[61]

Scotland has a rich history of science and Edinburgh has its fair share of famous names. James Clerk Maxwell, the founder of the modern theory of electromagnetism, was born here and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, as was the telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell.[62] Other names connected to the city include Max Born, physicist and Nobel laureate; Charles Darwin, the biologist who discovered natural selection; David Hume a philosopher, economist and historian; James Hutton, regarded as the "Father of Geology"; John Napier inventor of logarithms;[63] and Ian Wilmut the geneticist involved in the cloning of Dolly the sheep just outside Edinburgh.

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Sister cities

Edinburgh has several sister cities:

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See also

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  40. ^ a b Alen McEwen. "Warning for Edinburgh cyclists as gangs steal five bikes a day", The Scotsman, 2008-04-14. 
  41. ^ "Six cyclists suffer head injuries each month in Lothians", The Scotsman, 2008-04-18. 
  42. ^ a b Alan Roden. "Bus drivers 'put lives at risk'", The Scotsman, 2007-01-19. 
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  45. ^ "Cyclist dragged under wheels of lorry dies in horror accident", The Scotsman, 2008-04-29. 
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  59. ^ Hannah Stephenson (4 November 2006). I won't say goodnight yet.... Scotsman.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  60. ^ Blair's birthplace is bulldozed in Edinburgh. Scotsman.com (9 August 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
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  62. ^ Alexander Graham Bell. University of Toronto. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
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