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The small buildings just mentioned which surround the Kaabah are the five Makams,37 with the well of Zem Zem, the arch called
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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'Kaabah', 'Solat' and 'Baitullah' in their reading materials.
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'Kaabah', 'Solat' and 'Baitullah' in their reading materials.
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Hajj has been marred by Saudi inconsistencies in fixing its dates, as well as recent Wahhabi attempts to segregate women from men in the processions walking around the Kaabah and to impose the niqab or face veil on female pilgrims -- a practice unknown in 14 centuries of Islamic history.
Stephen Schwartz: Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again Stephen Schwartz 2011
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Hajj has been marred by Saudi inconsistencies in fixing its dates, as well as recent Wahhabi attempts to segregate women from men in the processions walking around the Kaabah and to impose the niqab or face veil on female pilgrims -- a practice unknown in 14 centuries of Islamic history.
Stephen Schwartz: Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again Stephen Schwartz 2011
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Modernizing social reform in Saudi Arabia is accompanied unfortunately by expansive construction projects that have so far included the erection of a "Royal Clock Tower" that overlooks and dwarfs the Kaabah, the black cubical temple in the Grand Mosque.
Stephen Schwartz: Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again Stephen Schwartz 2011
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Modernizing social reform in Saudi Arabia is accompanied unfortunately by expansive construction projects that have so far included the erection of a "Royal Clock Tower" that overlooks and dwarfs the Kaabah, the black cubical temple in the Grand Mosque.
Stephen Schwartz: Hajj: What It Has Become And What It Should Be Again Stephen Schwartz 2011
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Mecca was a very ancient site of worship of the triple goddess in pre-Islamic times, and the sacred shrine of the goddess, the Kaabah (various spellings), survives to this day as a holy shrine of Islam, where worshippers (mostly male) kiss the sacred black stone of the goddess, conveniently outlined in the form of a yoni symbol of the goddess upon which the worshippers center their smooches.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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More lawsuits may follow, as three other words -- solat (prayer), Kaabah (a shrine in Mecca), and Baitullah (the house of God) -- are also on the list of banned words.
The A-Word 2008
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More lawsuits may follow, as three other words -- solat (prayer), Kaabah (a shrine in Mecca), and Baitullah (the house of God) -- are also on the list of banned words.
The A-Word 2008
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