Ka'aba

Aim yourself toward the Ka'aba, which is the big cube in the center of the mosque there.

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[14] On the north-west side of the Ka'aba is a water-spout, called

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Supposedly, the Black Rock of the Ka'aba is a remnant of the altar that Abraham prepared.

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Dozens of workers also toiled for several hours to replace the black silk cover to the Ka'aba, or cube-shaped enclosure inside Mecca's Masjid al Haram.

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Perhaps you've heard of the Ka'aba in Mecca – all Muslims bow in that direction 5 times a day under pain of execution.

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Dozens of workers also toiled for several hours to replace the black silk cover to the Ka'aba, or cube-shaped enclosure inside Mecca's Masjid al Haram.

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Mounted in silver, it sits in the place of honor in the Ka'aba, the sacred shrine at Mecca, and is circumambulated by all Muslims who make The Hajj, the requisite holy pilgrimage there.

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Dozens of workers also toiled for several hours to replace the black silk cover to the Ka'aba, or cube-shaped enclosure inside Mecca's Masjid al Haram.

Muslim Pilgrims Ascend Mecca's Mount Arafat in Annual Hajj Ritual 2010

Mounted in silver, it sits in the place of honor in the Ka'aba, the sacred shrine at Mecca, and is circumambulated by all Muslims who make The Hajj, the requisite holy pilgrimage there.

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Dozens of workers also toiled for several hours to replace the black silk cover to the Ka'aba, or cube-shaped enclosure inside Mecca's Masjid al Haram.

Muslim Pilgrims Ascend Mecca's Mount Arafat in Annual Hajj Ritual 2010