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Islamic Sites

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Sites sacred to Islam, foremost the Kaaba at Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque at Medina, together with the great congregational mosques, Sufi shrines and centres of learning across the Muslim world.

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What Defines This Grouping
The three sanctuaries at the centre of Islamic sacred geography, with congregational and teaching mosques and the shrines of prophets and holy figures. Whether a shrine may be venerated at all is disputed within Islam, and some places here have been damaged by movements that reject it; the atlas records both without settling it. The Jerusalem compound is under contested control. 2
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Three: the sanctuaries toward which travel is enjoined in the hadith of the three mosques - the Sacred Mosque at Mecca, the Prophet's Mosque at Medina and the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. 2
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The Holy Places of Islam

This group holds the sacred sites of Islam. Its sacred geography is anchored by the three holiest places, the Sacred Mosque at Mecca with the Kaaba, toward which Muslims pray and to which they make the Hajj; the Prophet's Mosque at Medina; and the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, and extends to the great mosques and the shrines of prophets and holy figures.

The browser will find these central sanctuaries alongside other mosques and revered sites. The entries describe each place's religious significance and history, noting where veneration differs between Sunni and Shia traditions.

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