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The 25 pages that link to Kaaba, each with the reason it gives.

• MuhammadRelated: Muhammad’s teachings challenged the polytheistic practices associated with the sanctuary before Muslims rededicated it to monotheistic worship.

• HajjRelated: The Kaaba is the focal point of several Hajj rites.

• TawhidRelated: Muhammad's call to Tawhid challenged the worship of multiple deities associated with pre-Islamic Mecca.

• IslamRelated: Islamic tradition connects it to Abraham and identifies it as the direction of prayer.

• QurayshRelated: Quraysh held authority over the sanctuary before Islam, giving the confederation religious standing.

• MihrabRelated: The qibla indicated by the mihrab points toward the Kaaba.

• Abd Allah ibn al-ZubayrRelated: The Kaaba was damaged during the siege, which made the struggle over Mecca materially visible.

• AniconismRelated: Its centrality shows that aniconism does not exclude sacred places or material focal points.

• AbrahamRelated: The Qur’an associates Abraham and Ishmael with raising the Kaaba’s foundations.

• Abraham in IslamRelated: Islamic tradition connects Ibrahim and his son Ismail with its foundations.

• Abu Sufyan ibn HarbRelated: Quraysh’s guardianship of the sanctuary underpinned Mecca’s religious prestige.

• Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibRelated: Its sanctuary and pilgrimage economy formed part of the Meccan world Abbas inhabited.

• Black StoneRelated: Damage and rebuilding of the Kaaba have affected the stone’s setting.

• HanifRelated: Islamic tradition connects Abraham with the sanctuary whose pre-Islamic rites hanifs are said to have rejected or reinterpreted.

• QarmatiansRelated: The Qarmatians attacked its sanctuary and removed its Black Stone.