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Meccan families would just hang out around the Grand Mosque, since there were few other public spaces.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

There, the Negus—the leader of Aksum in what is modern-day Ethiopia—provided shelter for Muslims fleeing Meccan persecution and allowed them to practice their faith under his protection.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

As the Meccan leaders had foreseen, Mohammed had to conquer all Arabia to make the conversion of Mecca stick.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elijah's son Wallace, however, was trained in classical Arabic and, following in the footsteps of his friend Malcolm X, made a Meccan pilgrimage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Olive Girard had been absent a week; gone on a journey, sacred to her as any Meccan pilgrimage, a visit to the place of her husband's imprisonment.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.