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The Muslim Pilgrimage To Mecca
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Each year during the last month of the hirji (Islamic calendar), millions of Muslims from all over the globe make the pilgrimage to Mecca. The city of Mecca is the hierophany, or holy place, of all Muslims. According to the Qur'an and other sacred texts, Muslims have to make pilgrimage to Mecca ....
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....'ba are very sacred, because the Ka'ba of Heaven is located directly above the Ka'ba on earth. Muslims see this as being the center of the world and the point of rotation. The Ka'ba is also situated so all four corners point in the direction of the four cardinal points of the compass. The circling of the Ka'ba is known as the tawaf. While circling the Ka'ba, many people try to touch the sacred structure. Some even get a chance to kiss it and say they have been blessed because Allah (Muslim.... |
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