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Mecca and Macoraba*
Published 2018-11-01“…There is a consensus in Orientalist scholarship that Macoraba is Mecca, and to a lesser extent that the name derives from an Ancient South Arabian word for “temple.” …”
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Finding Mecca in America
Published 2013-04-01“…Yet, given the rate of growth and development of American Muslim institutions and social networks, it may be more apt to speak of Islam as part of an American multireligious heritage. In Finding Mecca in America: How Islam is Becoming an American Religion, Muchit Bilici explores the rapid increase of American Muslim educational, cultural, religious, and civic institutions, as well as how September 11, the so-called war on terror, and most recently media coverage of the Arab Spring have given American Muslims a unique visibility in the American public sphere. …”
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The New Turn to Mecca
Published 2008-11-01“…This shift came in tandem with the rising popularity of certain Sufi brotherhoods headquartered at Mecca, most particularly the Naqshbandiyya, which readily adopted print for the dissemination of their litanies and manuals. …”
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The accurate direction to Mecca.
Published 2012-06-01“…Finding a new way to determine the direction to Mecca (Alkaablah), for use by all Muslims spread around the world. …”
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Managing religious and social diversity in the civilization of Mecca
Published 2017-04-01“… Mecca was endowed by God as the first house of worship, and the poles of his messages were deposited in it, namely Abraham and Muhammad - peace be upon them both, so Abraham prayed for it in monotheism with guidance, security and provision, and Muhammad completed the values religion in it, and completed the honorable morals of nations, so it was the city of God, and the sanctuary of prayer, so it made the people benefit It fell to it, and they brought their beliefs, cultures, and languages, and it became the mother of villages and the assembly of the sects, of those who believed, those who were Jews, the Sabians, the Christians, the Magians, and those who associated with polytheism, and coexistence was their religion. …”
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