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Ka'bahMost sacred Muslim shrine, located near the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca. All Muslims face toward it in their daily prayers. The cube-shaped structure, made of gray stone and marble, has its corners roughly oriented to the points of the compass; the interior contains only pillars and silver and gold lamps. Pilgrims to Mecca walk around the Ka'bah seven times and on its eastern side touch the Black Stone of Mecca, which may date from the pre-Islamic religion of the Arabs. Tradition holds that the Ka'bah was built by Abraham and Ishmael. In 630 Muhammad purged the place of its pagan idols and rededicated it to Islam. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But for normal purposes, such as in the case of determining the direction of the qiblah for one who is not in the immediate presence of the Ka'bah, Euclidean geometry will obviously have its uses, so much so that even learning it is, for F. It speaks of many things Muslims hold dear, such as Zam Zam water and the Ka'bah in Mecca. Born in 570 AD, he embarked on a purification of the Bedouins' worship of Allah in Mecca, at the Ka'bah shrine containing the famous Black Stone. |
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