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  2. Holiest sites in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The holiest sites in Islam are located in the Arabian Peninsula. [2] While the significance of most places typically varies depending on the Islamic sect, there is a consensus across all mainstream branches of the religion that affirms two cities as having the highest degree of holiness, in descending order: Mecca, and Medina.

  3. Holiest sites in Sunni Islam - Wikipedia

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    Masjid Al-Aqsa ("the Farthest Mosque"), also known as the "Al Aqsa compound", is a holy site in Shia and Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem, and is widely regarded by Jews as the Temple Mount, the site of the Holy Temple. It includes the Qibli mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It is the third holiest site in Islam.

  4. List of religious sites - Wikipedia

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    The city of Hebron, in Palestine, is traditionally considered – along with Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem – one of the "four holy cities" in Islam, [25] due to the presence in the city of the Cave of the Patriarchs, the holy site where Abraham is said to be buried. [24] Mount Sinai, in Egypt, is another holy place for Muslims. [26]

  5. Holiest sites in Shia Islam - Wikipedia

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    Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam, said that the Imam Ali Mosque is the third of five holy places: Mecca, Medina, Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, and the shrine of Fatima Masumeh in Qom. [2] God chose that land [Najaf] as the abode of the Prophets.

  6. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    'going about') is one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage and is compulsory during both the Hajj and Umrah. Pilgrims go around the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) seven times in a counterclockwise direction; the first three at a hurried pace on the outer part of the Mataaf and the latter four times closer to the Kaaba at a leisurely pace ...

  7. Category:Islamic holy places - Wikipedia

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    Sufi Islamic holy places‎ (3 C, 1 P) T. Temple Mount‎ (4 C, 59 P) W. Western Wall‎ (19 P) Z. Ziyarat‎ (4 C, 69 P) Pages in category "Islamic holy places"

  8. Haram (site) - Wikipedia

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    In fact, one of the Islamic names of Jerusalem, thālith al-ḥaramayn (ثَالِث ٱلْحَرَمَيْن, literally "the third of the two holy places") resolves the tension between the unchallengeable pre-eminence of Mecca and Medina versus the desire to recognize Jerusalem as having a special status in Islam in a somewhat paradoxical manner.

  9. Masjid al-Haram - Wikipedia

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    The Ka'aba is a cuboid-shaped building in the center of the Great Mosque and the most sacred site in Islam. [57] It is the focal point for Islamic rituals like prayer and pilgrimage. [57] [58] [59] The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba and plays a role in the pilgrimage. [60] [61]