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Mecca
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Mecca a city in western Saudi Arabia, an oasis town in the Red Sea region of Hejaz, east of Jiddah, considered by Muslims to be the holiest city of Islam. It was the birthplace in ad 570 of the prophet
Muhammad, and was the scene of his early teachings before his emigration to Medina in 622 (the
Hegira). On Muhammad's return to Mecca in 630 it became the centre of the new Muslim faith. It is the site of the Great Mosque and the
Kaaba, and is a centre of Islamic ritual, including the hajj pilgrimage which leads thousands of visitors to the city each year.
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MECCA GOES THE EXTRA MILE IN HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRACK
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/15/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-15-1991 MECCA GOES THE EXTRA MILE IN HIS LOVE AFFAIR...Two Star, One Star Biographical: DAN MECCA It's the beginning of another spring track season for Dan Mecca, Manhattan College's assistant track...
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Mecca and Medina: Islam's holiest cities.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Muhammad was born there in 570 C.E., Mecca was a prosperous market town. Because...chapters and 6,263 verses. Merchants from Mecca's leading trading families strongly opposed...years, people had made a pilgrimage to Mecca to worship the idols that were housed in...
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Popular Mecca finds new home
Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun; 9/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; Growth is at the root of Mecca Productions' move to a Rosser Avenue...its inception in 2001. Previously, Mecca Productions was housed in Monique Roy...of 4 to 14, are still a part of the Mecca curriculum. "These classes are a great...
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 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
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Mecca Farms regains agricultural zoning: Developer's plan to retain wetlands draws interest.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 3/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...to restore the agricultural zoning that Mecca Farms had before the Scripps Research Institute...ever proposed there. But the future of Mecca Farms took another twist when commissioners...recoup a $60.5 million investment in Mecca. "We had staff meeting on Friday and...
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Scripps won't be at Mecca Farms, but site still attractive to builders.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 1/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...as Palm Beach County officials trumpeted Mecca Farms orange groves as the launching pad...the deal fizzled. Development plans for Mecca Farms as well as the neighboring Vavrus...million of taxpayer money already invested in Mecca Farms. A development team that proposed...
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DEMOCRATS BLAST MECCA OVER BENEFITS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/29/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...County, NJ) 10-29-1998 DEMOCRATS BLAST MECCA OVER BENEFITS -- PART-TIME WORK, FULL...2 Star P Republican Freeholder Michael Mecca Jr., an appointee running for election...county jobs. Before the 40-year-old Mecca was appointed freeholder last month, he...
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Overdue redevelopment in Mecca part of boom times in the valley
Magazine article from: The Public Record; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...texture of the southeastern Coachella Valley, Mecca rarely is mentioned in the same sentence as such...though, the dilapidated, pock-marked face of Mecca is changing. Here it is 2005 and Mecca is oozing with economic redevelopment. Initialized...
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Mecca decides to withdraw reelection bid
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/8/2006; ; 652 words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-08-2006 Mecca decides to withdraw reelection bid...County Republican Committee Chairman Michael Mecca said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection...could mend the severely divided party. Mecca said he intends to nominate attorney Eugene...
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Environmentalists reject effort to locate Scripps complex at Mecca Farms.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 1/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...construction of Scripps on the county's Mecca Farms property. That has county officials...watchdog group that opposes building Scripps on Mecca. He asked them to help create an alternative plan for Mecca that could increase preserved land in western...
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Spurned Palestinians insist Mecca deal is positive
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Headline: Spurned Palestinians insist Mecca deal is positive Byline: SHABTAI GOLD...the great advantages that lie within the Mecca agreements. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum...unity government - and did not mention the Mecca agreement during the meeting. Mecca is...
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Mecca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mecca or Makkah , city (1993 pop. 966,381...Muhammad's flight (the Hegira) from Mecca in 622 is the beginning of the rise of Islam...captured the city shortly after. Although Mecca never lost its sanctity, it declined rapidly...
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Sharif of Mecca
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
SHARIF OF MECCA The local, hereditary rulers of Mecca from about 965 to 1916. Although the sharifs never enjoyed...Constantinople (now Istanbul) helped them maintain effective rule in Mecca, as did their claimed descent from the prophet Muhammad...
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Muhammad
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...Islamic sources, Muhammad was born in Mecca around 569. His family belonged to the...branch of Quraysh, the dominant tribe in Mecca, then a major site of pagan pilgrimage...living as a merchant and participant in Mecca ’ s long-distance caravans...
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Mohammed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Africa between 634 and 650. The town of Mecca, where Mohammed was born about 570, was...own business interests the merchants of Mecca had remained neutral toward the two empires...led to a malaise among the inhabitants of Mecca, accompanied by religious questioning...
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The Islamic and Byzantine City
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...communities could mingle without fear. Mecca: A Place of Safety Long before the message...religion of Islam, the thriving city of Mecca was just such a place of safety. It was...early as the first millennium b.c.e., Mecca had been established as a place of pilgrimage...
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