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Mecca
     
Mecca
a city in Saudi Arabia where the prophet Muhammad was born. It is the holiest city of Islam. People who are not Muslims are not allowed to go there, but every Muslim must try to make a pilgrimage (=religious journey) to Mecca once in their lifetime.
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