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the sources have them build the House
the Conqueror is in Istanbul, not Mecca
Abd al-Malik rebuilt, not first built
the sources name Abraham and Ishmael''s building
the world''s Muslims'' prayers turn to her
Jerusalem was first, then the Kaaba
the qibla is to Mecca, not north
the qibla is part of the prayer
the sources give the seven circuits
seven, not three, in the sources
seven, not fourteen
tawaf is seven in the sources
it changes yearly in the sources
the covering is cloth, not the door
the covering is a robe, not a wall
the Kaaba is cubic, not domed
the sources record her idols until the conquest
she was an idol-house, not mosque, before purification
she was a sacred house, not a market
she was a sacred house, not a school
the sources record the idols'' removal that year
that is the Hijra year, not the conquest
that is Jerusalem''s recovery, not Mecca
the sources have the conquest purify her
the sources name her many builders over centuries
the Conqueror did not build her
the sources have her built repeatedly
Europeans did not build her
the sources place her at the mosque''s heart
the Kaaba is in Mecca, not Medina
the Kaaba is in Mecca, not Jerusalem
the Kaaba is in Mecca, not Yemen
every day''s prayers turn to her
her importance is religious, not size
many older buildings predate her
Muslims'' prayers turn to her
Mecca''s history and travellers'' accounts reach us
history and biography books name her
Muslims wrote of her centuries before Europe
Islam''s historians wrote of her
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