Muhammad and the Muslim Army soundly defeated the Meccan Army led by Abu Sufyan in 630 C.E. outside of the city limits of Mecca. After this victory, Muhammad and the Muslims marched triumphant into the streets of Mecca and proclaimed control of the city with no further opposition.
Islam Began In Makka(mecca) which is in Saudi Arabia.
Mecca is a city of Muslim/Islam as an important and official religion. Islam prophet had an imortant part of mecca Mecca is the direction for prayer. --- Mecca is important in religious history. It is said that one son of Abraham is father of Jews, other one is father of Arabs, god made water rise for the Arab one in mecca.
They are Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.
The first Islam State Capital was Medina, then Damascus, then Baghdad. Never Mecca was an Islamic state capital although Mecca is the most sacred Islamic city.
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The holy book of islam is "Quran" . Makkah (mecca) is the holy city for beleivers of Islam (muslims)
The city of Mecca and the city of Madina are both holy cities of Islam.
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Mecca is the most holy site of Islam.
The motto of Mecca is 'Holiest city in Islam'.
mecca is the place Islam emerged and started and was the city of prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Mecca (Makka), the holiest city in Islam is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mecca is important in Islam, it has no signifiance in Buddhism
Islam is not a place, it is a religion.
Mecca and Medina are the culture hearth of Islam.
I believe Islam started in mecca but the Muslims were pushed out to Medina where it started to gain support, then they returned to mecca and eventually took control.