Mecca
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- proper noun
- /ˈmɛkə/
- We will be allowed to enter Mecca, worship at the Kaaba?
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- Hajj to Mecca
- Grand Mosque in Mecca
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Watch on YouTubeNow my friends, what does it mean the direction of Mecca?
- Now my friends, what does it mean the direction of Mecca?
- And during the prayer, as you've explained, you should face Mecca.
- That's when the Hajj took place in Mecca and Medina, right?
- And you know, in religions we express that through the longing for Mecca or, or Eden or Zion.
- They took all of the, all of the, the intruders that went into Mecca that were involved in that seizure.
- But beyond that, the King's actual title is king and custodian of the two holy mosques, Mecca and Medina, both mosques, right?
- So there's a call to prayer before the prayer you pray and you have to face Mecca, which is east.
- So you can find the prayer times or indeed the direction of Mecca, which is incumbent on Muslims for prayer.
- This is before she went to Mecca and guess what, Allah, but but she said, she said my heart wants me to remain here.
- And so the first time I went to the Kaaba, when I went to Mecca and I saw it, I was like, wow, nothing matters.
- And Christians made the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca alongside the Pagan Arabs in in before the coming of Islam.
- And this inner being is, in the first instance, still simple darkness, the unmoved, the black formless stone, the Blackstone in the kebab at Mecca.
- That's like brother Malcolm had Brother Malcolm never went to Mecca.
Examples
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To this day, mosques around the world point towards Mecca, so Muslims can pray in the right direction.
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Two Muslim missions made the pilgrimage to Mecca in a period of less than a year.
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And it's prayer time in Mecca.
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Are you going to Mecca this year, Swami Jesus?
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The leading clan of Mecca were the Quraysh.
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In 630, Muhammad entered Mecca with a small, armed force and took the city peacefully.
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Despite repeated deadly stampedes and other disasters during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, thousands continue to make the journey every year.
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Some 30,000 of France's Muslims go on pilgrimage to Mecca each year, with official blessing.
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In March 628 C.E., Muhammad and his followers sought to return to Mecca to perform a pilgrimage.
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Millions of Muslims will converge on Mecca in less than two weeks for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mecca comes from the Arabic name Makkah, the holiest city of Islam and the birthplace of Muhammad, and it is the place Muslims travel to on the Hajj 'pilgrimage'.