Makkah

Mecca, also spelled Makkah, is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula, and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia, and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level, and 340 kilometres (210 mi) south of Medina.

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It has been observed by many during Hajj that there is much contact between men and women who are literally pressed to each other in the crowded situations right in front of the Ka’ba. Why doesn’t Makkah have segregation between males and females? Amina Inloes	If the Jewish leaders of the time betrayed the Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims of Medina, weren't there also enemies of Islam present in Medina from among the Meccans? Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi
I have read in the history books that the inciting incident that led to the rift between Muslims and Jews in the days of the Prophet was a perceived disagreement about the Jews protecting Medina from the Meccans. Is this correct? Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi	How do they bury a person who dies in Makkah? Saleem Bhimji