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	Mecca - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Mecca was never the capital of the Islamic empire; the first capital was Medina, some 250 miles (400 km) away.
		The caliph Yazid I besieged Mecca in 683 CE.
		Mecca was attacked and sacked by Ismaili Muslims in 930 CE and by Wahhabi Muslims in 1803.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mecca (1527 words)

	Facts about topic: (Mecca (disambiguation)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Islamic holy city of Mecca (Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam) (Makkah al-Mukarramah) in Saudi Arabia (An absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy).
		Mecca, California (additional info and facts about Mecca, California), is a town in Riverside County, California (additional info and facts about Riverside County, California), USA (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare).
		Mecca, Indiana (additional info and facts about Mecca, Indiana), is a town in Parke County, Indiana (additional info and facts about Parke County, Indiana), USA (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare).
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	Mecca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mecca or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: مكة المكرمة) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hijaz region.
		The focal point of Mecca is the Ka'bah, the "House of God" believed by Muslims to have been built by Abraham and his son Ishmael, and is covered in a gold-embroidered fl fabric.
		The importance of Mecca for Muslims is inestimable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecca (862 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mecca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Hajj or Haj (Arabic: ØÙŽØ¬Ù‘ á¸¤aÇ§Ç§) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, Makkah) and is the fifth of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shia Islam.
		Mecca, the capital of Arabia and the sacred city of the Mohammedans, is situated in the district of Hijaz about 21°30' N. latitude and 40°20' E. longitude, some seventy miles east of the Red Sea.
		Mecca, the seat of government during the reign of the first five Khalifs, is now governed by a Sharif, chosen by the people from the Sayyids or the descendants of Mohammed, but under the immediate authority of the Sultan of Turkey (Hughes, "Dictionary of Islam", q.v.).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mecca (1526 words)

	Muhammad
		Mecca was a thriving commercial center, due in great part to a shrine (now called the Kaaba) that housed statues of many Arabian gods.
		In 615 AD/CE, a band of Muslims were counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Ethiopia, which was ruled by a Christian king.
		The capitulation of Mecca and the defeat of an alliance of enemy tribes at Hunayn effectively brought the greater part of the Arabian peninsula under Muhammad's authority.
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	now: is mecca the holy city of islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia is Islam's holiest city and the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad, the founder of...
		Mecca, in the western region of present-day Saudi Arabia, was the birthplace of the...
		Historic Mecca, the cradle of Islam, is being buried in an unprecedented onslaught by religious zealots.
	www.wittekcomix.de /is_mecca__the_holy_city_of_islam.html (364 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		For Muslims, a pilgrimage to Mecca is required as one of the Five Pillars of Islam Five Pillars of the faith.
		Mecca, Saudi Arabia.jpg leftthumbThe holy mosque centre, showing the Ka'bah after the Friday prayers The importance of Mecca for Muslims is inestimable.
		Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets final prophet of Islam, was born in Mecca in 571 CE.
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		Mecca or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: مكة المكرمة) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hijaz region.
		Mecca was never the capital of the Islamic empire; the first capital was Medina, some 250 miles (400 km) away.
		The focal point of Mecca is the Ka'bah, the "House of God" believed by Muslims to have been rebuilt by Abraham and his son Ishmael; it is covered in a gold-embroidered fl fabric (kiswah).
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	SOPHIA OF WISDOM III - MECCA
		Mecca IPA: [ˈmækə] or Makkah IPA: [ˈmɛkə] (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah IPA: [(Arabic) mækːæ(t) ælmʊkarˑamæ]; Arabic: مكة المكرمة‎, Persian: مکه‎, Turkish and Kurdish: Mekke, Urdu: مکہ مکرمہ) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hejaz region.
		The governor of Mecca is appointed by the king of Saudi Arabia.
		Mecca is the capitol of the Makkah province.[5]
	www.webspawner.com /users/mecca001 (2014 words)

	Muhammad - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 622 he was forced to flee Mecca and settle in Medina with his followers, where he established legal authority as leader of the first avowedlyMuslim community.
		Mecca was a thriving commercial center, due in great part to a stone temple called the Ka'aba that housed many different idols.
		By 628, the Muslim position was strong enough that Muhammad dared to return to Mecca, this time as a peaceful pilgrim.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Muhammad (3113 words)

	Mecca Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'''Mecca''' or '''Makkah''' (in full: '''Makkah al-Mukarramah'''; Arabic languageArabic :ar:مكة المكرمةمكة المكرمة) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historical Hijaz region.
		In the 1980s the government of Saudi Arabia changed the official English transliteration of the city's name from 'Mecca', as it had been known to Westerners for centuries, to 'Makkah'.
		The word ''Mecca'' is nowadays used to mean not only the city in Saudi Arabia but any center of activity sought or converged upon by a group of people with a common interest.
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	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Mecca
		Mecca or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hijaz region.
		For Muslims, a pilgrimage to Makkah is required as one of the Five Pillars of the faith.
		On July 2, 1990 a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca led to the deaths of 1402 pilgrims.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=mecca (1117 words)

	MECCA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Mecca or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah;) is the capital city of Saudi_Arabia's Makkah_province, in the historic Hijaz region.
		In recent years, about two to three million have gathered for the major pilgrimage or Hajj, during the Muslim month of Dhu_al-Hijjah, and many more perform the minor pilgrimage or Umrah, which may be performed at any time of year.
		Non-Muslims are not permitted to enter Mecca, according to the Saudi embassy in London (http://www.ukemb.mofa.gov.sa/Detail.asp?InSectionID=51&InNewsItemID=1756).
	www.beatlesfacts.com /Mecca (709 words)

	Mecca (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MECCA: the former Milwaukee Exposition and Convention Center and Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
		Mecca, California: a town in Riverside County, California, United States.
		Mecca, Indiana: a town in Parke County, Indiana, United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecca_(disambiguation) (181 words)

	Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		570 in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah); both Mecca and Medina are cities in the Arabian Peninsula.
		Relations between Mecca and Medina rapidly worsened (see surat al-Baqara.) Meccans confiscated all the property that the Muslims had left in Mecca.
		By 628, the Muslim position was strong enough that Muhammad returned to Mecca, this time as a peaceful pilgrim.
	www.stylokna.pl /wikipedia/Muhammad (3339 words)

	Mecca travel guide - Wikitravel
		A pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj, is one of the Five Pillars of Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shi'a Islam, and thus obligatory for all Muslims with the physical and financial ability to make it.
		Recently, those who have previously been to Mecca have had additional restrictions placed on their entry, in an effort to discourage overcrowding while still accommodating those who have not yet made the pilgrimage.
		Mecca is full of hotels, from the Hilton to unknown hotels with practically no facilities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mecca (800 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1990
		In Phoenix, Arizona, the temperature reaches an all-time record high of 122 degrees for the city.
		July 2 - A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
		July 8 - West Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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	MUHAMMAD CLONAL INFORMATION NEWS NETWORK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		570 in Mecca (Makkah) and passed away June_8 632 in Medina (Madinah); both Mecca and Medina are cities in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi_Arabia.
		Caravan raiding was an old Arabian tradition; Muslims justified the raids by Meccan's confiscation of all their property left at Mecca and the state of war deemed to exist between the Meccans and the Muslims.
		The capitulation of Mecca and the defeat of an alliance of enemy tribes at Hunayn effectively brought the greater part of the Arabian peninsula under Muhammad's authority.
	www.becloned.com /Muhammad (3844 words)

	Muhammad - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Muhammad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Koran was revealed to Muhammad in separate revelations during the prophet's life at Mecca and Medina; the revelations are divided into 114 suras (chapters).
		Founder of Islam, born in Mecca on the Arabian peninsula.
		In about 616 he began to preach the worship of one God, who allegedly revealed to him the words of the Koran (it was later written down by his followers) through the angel Jibra'el (Gabriel).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Muhammad (394 words)

	Mosque - Wikipedia
		The first mosque was the house of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, a city north of Mecca to which the followers of Muhammad had withdrawn in 622.
		The qibla wall should, in a properly oriented mosque, be set perpendicular to a line leading to Mecca.
		In the qibla wall, usually in its center, is the Mihrab, a niche or depression indicating that this is the qibla wall.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mosque (462 words)

	Ishmael Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He and his mother settled in Mecca (or "Makkah") and were without water.
		The frantic running of his mother in pursuit of water led to a miraculous spring appearing from the ground (from God) known as the Zamzam Well.
		Ishmael is stated to have been buried near the Kaaba on the grounds of the Masjid al Haram.
	www.echostatic.com /Ishmael.html (820 words)

	Muhammad - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		570 in Mecca (or "Makkah") and died June 8, 632 in Medina (Madinah), both cities in northern Arabia.
		In 622 he was forced to flee Mecca and settle in Medina with his followers, where he established legal authority as leader of the first avowedly Muslim community.
		The desert air was fresher than Mecca’s, and it was felt that in this climate, a city boy would have a sturdier start in life.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Muhammad (3287 words)

	MEDINA INFORMATION, FACTS AND TELE-COMMUNICATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Medina is the second holiest city of Islam, after Mecca.
		Its importance as a religious site derives from the presence there of the Shrine of the Prophet Mohammad by Masjid_al-Nabawi or the Mosque of the Prophet, famously known as Gumbad-e-Khizra, Prophet's Dome or Green Dome, which was built on a site adjacent to Muhammad's home.
		It was an important trading town and its pagan inhabitants would make yearly pilgrimages to the shrines in Mecca, being that the chief god of both cities was Manat.
	www.infotelc.com /Medina (419 words)

	Muhammad - meaning of word
		In 622 he was forced to Hijra and settle in ''Yathrib'' (now known as Medina) with his followers, where he was the leader of the first avowedly Muslim community.
		===The conquest of Mecca=== By 628, the Muslim position was strong enough that Muhammad returned to Mecca, this time as a peaceful pilgrim.
		570 C.E. in Mecca (Makkah) and died June 8, 632 C.E. in Medina (Madinah); both Mecca and Medina are cities in northern Arabia.
	wordsonline.org /Muhammad (14251 words)

	infos for: holy city mecca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mecca" has long been the accepted transliteration of the original Arabic for the holy city.
		The word Mecca in English has gone on to refer to any center of activity sought by a group of people with...
		The Holy City of Makkah The Holy City of Makkah, which lies inland 73 kilometers east of Jiddah, is the place where the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was born - the place where God's message was...
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	Mecca - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mecca or Makkah (in full: Makkah al-Mukarramah; Arabic: مكة المكرمة) is the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hijaz region.
		Standing Alone in Mecca : An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam
		Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant : The Holiest Cities of Islam
	www.unipedia.info /Mecca.html (1258 words)

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		Death toll from building collapse in holy city of Mecca reaches at least 76 01/06/2006 01/06/2006 Death toll from building collapse in holy city of Mecca reaches at least 76 E-mail this story to a friend...
		For the world's Muslim population, being at the Holy City Mecca in Arabia is one of those occasions.
		Death toll from building collapse in holy city of Mecca reaches at...
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	Black Stone Mecca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This article is about the color Bleck ; for other uses, see Blavk (disambiguation).
		However, to say one's accounts are "in the Blacl " isused to mean that one is free of debt; being "in the red" is to be in debt—because in traditional bookkeeping, negativeamounts were printed in red ink (such as lo...
		It isrevered as the holiest site of the Islamic religion, and a pilgrimage to it is required of all Muslims who can afford the trip.
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	> Islam at abcworld.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mohammad grew up in Mecca in Arabia, belonging to the Quraysh tribe, in charge of idol worship at the Kabah shrine, containing the fl stone and at least 360 idols.
		They were taught to turn and pray towards Mecca several times a day and that for one month every year, beginning and ending with the crescent moon, that month was dedicated to fasting.
		Later scholars have struggled to put the suras in chronological order, and among Muslim commentators at least there is a rough consensus as to which suras were revealed in Mecca and which at Medina.
	www.abcworld.net /Islam.html (3539 words)

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		Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See To the United Nations in New York, with a short history of the Holy See's presence at the United Nations, and a list of interventions and statements by the...
		Mecca is a holy city, and non-Muslims are not permitted to enter it.
		But for Muslims the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the hajj, is one of the basic tenets of the religion.
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	Medina
		After Mecca, Medina is the second holy city of the Islam.
		When the Jews refused to convert, the qibla was changed from Jerusalem to Mecca.
		They were known as the sect of the Qibla al-Qudsiyya.
	www.fastload.org /me/Medina.html (347 words)

	Hijra - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		Hijra (Hegira/Hijrah/Hejira) is an Arabic term referring to the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622.
		Hejira is an album by Joni Mitchell, used in the sense of exodus or flight, see above.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.indopedia.org /Hijrah.html (193 words)

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