0
Mecca and Medina are cities in Saudi Arabia. Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam. Medina is the second holiest city of Islam - Muhammad fled there from Mecca. The tomb of Muhammad is in Medina.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoMecca and Medina are two major cities in Saudi Arabia. Mecca was the birthplace of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, who named the city the holiest city of the Islam religion, Medina being the second.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoMecca (or Makkah) and Medina (or AlMadinah) are two Islamic holy cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What two cities in Saudi Arabia represent the two branches of the Islamic religion and are among the most important holy cities?
They are:Makkah (or Mecca)AlMadinah (or Medina)Both are located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The third city is AlQods (or East Jerusalem) located in the Palestinian Territory.
Where is the grave of prophet mohammed located in mecca or medina?
Medina Munnawara
When Muhammad left Mecca what city did he go to?
He went to Medina.
What town Mecca or Medina was the first to except Islam on a large scale?
Medina
What is the nearest city to mecca?
Medina
The Hejira Mohammed journey from Mecca to Medina it important to Muslims because the journey?
Because after this migration from Mecca to Medina , Muhammad PBUH estabished the first Islamic community in Medina .
What is the relative location of Medina?
Medina is located in the western region of Saudi Arabia, about 280 miles north of the capital city, Riyadh. It is surrounded by the Al-Hijaz mountains and sits on a plateau at an elevation of about 2,300 feet above sea level.
What are the Islamic Holly centers?
They are Mecca and Medina.
How many miles from mecca to Medina?
275
Why are the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Medina significant?
They both have the two holy Mosque, and prophet Mohammad was born in Mecca and buried in Medina where he died.
Flight from mecca to medina of Muhammad?
Prophet Muhammad migration from Makkah (Mecca) to Medina is called Hijra in Arabic. It was not flight by air but was on a camel.
Why did Suleiman want to include Medina and Mecca in his empire?
Suleiman probably wanted to include Medina and Mecca in his empire because they were Muslim holy cities.
