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Kaaba

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Kaa·ba  (käb)
n.
A Muslim shrine in Mecca toward which the faithful turn to pray.

[Arabic ka'ba, cube, cubic structure, from ka'aba, to swell, be full (said of breasts); see kb in Semitic roots.]
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Noun1.KaabaKaaba - (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying
Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, Islam, Islamism - the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"
Mecca - joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam

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NORTHRIDGE -- At the start of hajj, Zauman Kahn stood on the third floor of Mecca's Great Mosque and stared below at the sea of Muslims moving counter-clockwise around the sacred Kaaba.
Images of central shrines include the Kaaba in Mecca and a large 17th-century model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Every adult Muslim, who is physically and economically able, is required to make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca at least once, and perform the appropriate rituals there.
 
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