Claudius Ptolemy’s second-century Geography places the name Macoraba in the west of the Arabian Peninsula. There is a consensus in Orientalist scholarship that Macoraba is Mecca, and to a lesser extent that the name derives from an Ancient South Arabian ...
Ian D. Morris
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Black Mecca undoubtedly is a new contribution to the literature on Islam in America. It contributes to a better understanding of African Muslim immigrants in the United States.
Yushau Sodiq
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Technical Note: Simulation of detailed aerosol chemistry on the global scale using MECCA-AERO [PDF]
We present the MESSy submodel MECCA-AERO, which simulates both aerosol and gas phase chemistry within one comprehensive mechanism. Including the aerosol phase into the chemistry mechanism increases the stiffness of the resulting set of differential ...
A. Kerkweg +4 more
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Neurological involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a retrospective analysis of clinical, radiological, laboratory and therapeutic correlations [PDF]
Background Neurological complications are increasingly recognised in Sjögren’s Syndrome, yet their prevalence and determinants remain incompletely characterised.
Hosna Elshony +11 more
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The intellectual impact of the inmates of Mecca in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD according to al-Mohebi (model) [PDF]
I chose this topic "The intellectual impact of the inmates of Makkah in the eleventh century on the part of Al-Mohebbi as an example because of its importance and the importance and status of Mecca, which it was and still enjoys among Muslims.
Ferdos A. Kareem
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Re-examination of the Semantic Components of "Qaryah" in the Holy Qur'an with Special Emphasis on Etymological Approach [PDF]
"Qaryah" is the most frequent word belonging to the semantic field of "town/ village" in the Holy Qur'an. In recent decades, the discussions about semantic distinctions between "Qaryah" and other words belonging to the same semantic field such as ...
Ahmad Pakatchi +2 more
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A Study on the Number of Pilgrimages on Foot by Imam Hassan’s Mojtaba (PBUH) [PDF]
One of the virtues of Imam Hassan Mojtaba (PBUH) is performing hajj by traveling on foot from Medina to Mecca. The number of these on foot pilgrimages has been variously reported, from 15, 20, to 25 times.
Ali Akbar Zakeri
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Activities of Council for Religious Affairs to Organize Hajj in 1960s
The novelty of the study lies in the reliance on archival documents that are not known to researchers. At the same time, the experience of organizing trips to the Hajj based on the interaction between the power structures of the Soviet state and the ...
V. A. Akhmadullin
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Some Controversies about the Change of the Qiblah with Particular Regard to Appropriation [PDF]
The Qiblah is one of the most significant signs in Islam, hence an icon of Islamic identity. The earlier choosing of Jerusalem as the Qiblah left its reverberations among the Jews in the earlier days of Islam.
maryam sadat sajadi, Sayed Reza Moaddab
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Reflection on the theory of the Arab origin of the Yoruba people
The theory of the Arab origin of the Yoruba people is seemingly the oldest amongst other theories of their origins. This is because the original Yoruba oral tradition pertaining to their origin subscribes to the ‘East’ as the location of their origin ...
Jock M. Agai
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