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  2. Masjid al-Haram - Wikipedia

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    Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام‎, romanized : al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [6] [7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of ...

  3. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam 's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] [4] It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit.

  4. Qibla - Wikipedia

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    The qibla is the direction of the Kaaba, a cube-like building at the centre of the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca, in the Hijaz region of Saudi Arabia. Other than its role as qibla, it is also the holiest site for Muslims, also known as the House of God (Bayt Allah) and where the tawaf (the circumambulation ritual) is performed during the Hajj and umrah pilgrimages.

  5. Government Bangla College - Wikipedia

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    sarkaribanglacollege.gov.bd. Government Bangla College ( Bengali: সরকারি বাঙলা কলেজ) (also known as Bangla College, or abbreviated as GBC) is a public college located in the northwestern part of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka. [1] The college was established in 1962 by Principal Abul Kashem to promote Bangla as a ...

  6. History of the Hajj - Wikipedia

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    Its history goes back many centuries. The present pattern of the Islamic Hajj was established by Islamic prophet Muhammad, around 632 CE, who reformed the existing pilgrimage tradition of the pagan Arabs. According to Islamic tradition, the hajj dates from thousands of years earlier, from when Abraham, upon God's command, built the Kaaba (the ...

  7. University of Dhaka - Wikipedia

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    The university played a significant role in the Bengali Language Movement when Bengalis joined to fight against Urdu being the sole official language in East Pakistan. Dhaka University was the main place where the movement started with the students joining and protesting against the Pakistan Government.

  8. Google Street View - Wikipedia

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    Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.

  9. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.