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Mecca
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Mecca (Makka). The birthplace of the Prophet
Muḥammad. Muḥammad's initial preaching made little impression, and indeed evoked increasing opposition, esp. from the ruling clan, the Quraish. He therefore made the
hijra to
Madīna, only recapturing Mecca near the end of his life. He immediately established the
ḥajj practices, thus ensuring the centrality of Mecca to Muslim life, even when the centres of political power under different
dynasties of caliphs (
khalīfa) moved far away. The
mosque at Mecca is al-
Masjid al-Ḥarām; and the two towns, Mecca and Madīna, are known as
al-Haramain (Arab. dual, ‘the two holy places’). Muslims turn toward Mecca in prayer (
ṣalāt,
qibla), and make the obligatory pilgrimage (ḥajj) to it.
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Muhammad
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
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Mohammed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Saudis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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