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Q: What is the name of the sacred shrine in Mecca that once housed three hundred pagan idols?
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What was a sacred shrine in Mecca that gave the city an important religious role in the region?

Ka'ba


What is the sacred shrine located in Mecca that housed the images of many Arab gods?

It is called the Ka'ba (Kaaba) meaning the CUBE, where Muslims worship the one and only God named Allah. It was built by Abraham (Ibrahim) and his son Isma'eel (Peace and blessings be on them both). It is the required site for Muslims to pilgramage (The five pillars of Islam).


In which religion is the Kaaba located in Mecca a holy shrine?

Islam


What is the sacred site in Judaism?

Mecca


Which country contains islam's most sacred cities of mecca and median?

Islam's most sacred cities of Mecca and Medinah are in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


Where is shrine of hazrat ismayel?

shrine of the hazrat ismaail or Hijr Ismail is the the crescent shaped area adjacent to the ka bab in the mecca.


Is hajj a god?

Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Hajj means "standing before a deity in a sacred place" or "voyage to a sacred place." Mecca is the most sacred of the Muslim cities.


Why to hindus think mecca is sacred?

They don't. That is Islam.


What is the most sacred city in lslamic religon?

Mecca


Why was the significant for mecca?

Mecca was an important religious center as well as trading center. Caravans stopped by Mecca during certain holy months, to worship the ancient shrine called the Ka'aba.


Where is the most holy shrine of the Muslims located?

In Makkah (or Mecca) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


Why was Kaaba significant for Mecca?

Mecca was an important religious center as well as trading center. Caravans stopped by Mecca during certain holy months, to worship the ancient shrine called the Ka'aba.