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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed relevant authorities to complete demolition work in the northern courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah before Ramadan in order to help worshippers perform prayers in the area without difficulty. Makkah Mayor .... and escalators, it added. The plans also include the expansion of the mataf (the circumambulation areas around the Holy Kaaba) and air-conditioning for all parts of the Grand Mosque.


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The Kaba


The Kaaba, Makkah, Mecca


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Black Stone of Mecca,

Looming large over the Grand Mosque and the Kaaba (the black cube-shaped building that is the holiest site in Islam) is the largest and second tallest building in the world, called the Royal Mecca Clock Tower complex.
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Kaaba Ka*a"ba (k[.a]*[=a]"b[.a]), prop. n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Mohammedans must pray.
mecca mosque kaaba