mecca
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Some reported that he made a pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site in Mecca and adopted the name Abdul Rahman - Arabic for "servant of the merciful Lord" - although evidence is unclear, Gilham added.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Jim, young and idealistic, is chief mate on a steamer carrying 800 pilgrims from Singapore to Mecca.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
At the latter, now called the Kariye Mosque, Muslim worshipers kneeling on the carpeted floor and praying toward Mecca are flanked by 14th-century mosaics of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
At 21, he moved to California, widely known at the time as “the Mecca of RC,” Drake said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
The starship punched out into the dark, punched through the sky, punched out past West Baltimore, punched out past The Mecca, past New York, past any language and every spectrum known to me.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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