392 | What Empires in the Arabian Peninsula Talk About Mecca? With Dr Jay

Al and Jay ask the question; does any of the empires surrounding
Mecca ever heard of it or had any trade reference to Mecca? The
answer is none, no surrounding empires; for example the Sabean,
the Nabatean, the Assyrian, the Babylonian or even the Romans
ever referenced Mecca.  They also discuss some of the five
stages of the Haj all of which involve stones:  1. The
Ka'ba(cube), 2. Al Safa and Marwah (the S.I.N say that they are
two mountains). 3.  The Jamarat . They discuss if these
rituals are purely Islamic or were they borrowed from Judaism.
The discussion will resume next time.


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