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lugar designado pelo censo no Condado de Riverside, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Mecca é uma comunidade não incorporada localizada no Condado de Riverside, Califórnia, Estados Unidos. A comunidade desértica fica na margem norte do Salton Sea no Eastern Coachella Valley e é cercada por terras agrícolas. De acordo com o censo de 2020, Mecca tinha uma população de 8,219.
“The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.”
“If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina … Because that's the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they otherwise might do.”
“He said: “Abdullah b. Yazid related to me from Sa’id b. Amr al-Hudhali, who said: The Messenger of God arrived in Mecca on Friday, ten nights before the end of Ramadan. The Squadrons spread in every direction. He commanded them to attack those who were not following Islam.”
“The Prophet entered Mecca and (at that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols around the Ka`ba. He started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and reciting: “Truth (Islam) has come and Falsehood (disbelief) has vanished.””
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Not who you're looking for? Others named Mecca: Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province · town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana, United State · unincorporated community in Missouri · 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat
