387 | The Problem with the Place; Mecca with Dr. Jay Smith, Part 1

Al Fadi and Dr. Jay talk about why Mecca in the S.I.N. To Muslims
Mecca is the birth place of Mohammad, where Islam started, where
the pilgrimage takes place , and where they face towards when
they pray.  Muslims claim three things: 1. It was where Adam
and Eve lived. 2. Where Abraham built the Kaaba with his son
Ishmael. 3. That Mecca was a center of trade. Al Fadi and Dr. Jay
also say that the only place that mecca was mentioned by name was
on Sura 48: 24.  Tradition also says that it was a place of
vegetation and that it was located in a valley with a stream
going through it.  Does history support these claims? they
will talk about it in coming episodes.


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