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Mecca is governed by the Municipality of Mecca, a municipal council of fourteen locally elected members headed by a mayor (called an Amir) appointed by the ...

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Introduction. Journey to Mecca is an IMAX® dramatic and documentary feature that tells the amazing story of Ibn Battuta, the greatest explorer of the Old ...

11 Aug 2010 ... For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official ...

Today's Muslims have a visceral need to believe that their religion made Mecca a better city, because if Islam wasn't better than the paganism that came ...

16 Mar 2009 ... The best documentary about the holly city of mecca (for moslems), explanes it's religious value for moslems and what they do there and how ...

From Mecca, a promising speech. A haj speech by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia calling for moderation and condemning violence and terrorism may not seem ...

10 Nov 2010 ... Al Jazeera follows Chinese Muslims as they prepare to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.

On the walls of ordinary houses all over Egypt, one can still see colorful two-dimensional mementos of the sacred journey to Mecca. A lively tradition of ...