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Mecca (or Makkah) for having mainly:

  • Kaaba that is surrounded by Al-Majis Al-Haram (the oldest and biggest Mosque in the world)
  • The birth place of prophet Muhammad* (PBUH)
  • First place of God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Medina for having mainly:

  • Mosque of the prophet, Al-Masjid Al-Nabawy
  • Second place of God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad* (PBUH)
  • first Islam state capital
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