MECCA

MECCA IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED "THE

FOUNTAINHEAD AND CRADLE OF ISLAM". MECCA IS
REVERED IN ISLAM AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE
ISLAMIC PROPHET MUHAMMAD. THE HIRA CAVE
ATOP THE JABAL AL-NUR ("MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT") IS
JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY AND WHERE MUSLIMS
BELIEVE THE QURAN WAS FIRST REVEALED TO
MUHAMMAD.
 VISITING MECCA FOR THE HAJJ IS AN
OBLIGATION UPON ALL ABLE MUSLIMS. THE
GREAT MOSQUE OF MECCA, KNOWN AS THE
MASJID AL-HARAM, IS HOME TO THE KA'BAH,
BELIEVED BY MUSLIMS TO HAVE BEEN BUILT
BY ABRAHAM AND ISHMAEL. IT IS ONE OF
ISLAM'S HOLIEST SITES AND THE DIRECTION
OF PRAYER FOR ALL MUSLIMS
 MUSLIMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD VISIT THE
CITY, NOT ONLY FOR THE HAJJ AND UMRAH
PILGRIMAGES BUT ALSO AS TOURISTS TO VISIT
REGIONAL LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE 'AISHA
MOSQUE (MASJID 'AISHA) AND THE SITES VISITED BY
PILGRIMS IN THE HAJJ AND 'UMRAH. MECCA IS NOW
HOME TO TWO OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE BUILDINGS
IN THE WORLD, THE MASJID AL-HARAM, VALUED AT
100 BILLION US DOLLARS, AND THE ABRAJ AL-BAIT
COMPLEX, VALUED AT 15 BILLION US DOLLARS.
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