Tag Archives: Bakka

Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 June 2025

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Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 June 2025

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Gerald Hawting on the Mystery of the Ka’ba

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 June 2025

Below is a reproduction of an academic book chapter by G.R. Hawting, “The Origins of the Sanctuary at Mecca”, in G.H.A. Juynboll [ed.] (1982), Studies on the First Century of Islamic Society, pp. 23-47.

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