Islamic pilgrimage sites
Top pilgrimage sites for Shia or Sunni muslims. Mecca and Medina are generally considered no. 1 and no. 2, several others are vying for spots no. 3 - 5.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ancient Ksour | Chinguetti: major site for African pilgrims, principal gathering place for pilgrims of the Maghreb to gather on the way to Mecca | |
| Bolgar | Muslim pilgrimage centre (AB ev) | |
| Central Highlands | Adam's Peak | |
| Damascus | Umayyad Mosque, after Mecca and Medina possibly the world's third most important mosque | |
| Harar Jugol | "the fourth holiest city of Islam" | |
| Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | ||
| Kairouan | Centre of Islamic faith in the Maghreb; "third-holiest site" in Islam | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | In terms of the virtue of a religious site, and the value of prayers performed within it, Muslims believe that the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is the third most virtuous mosque | |
| Robben Island | Just to the north of the maximum security prison is the Kramat, a monument built in 1967 on the site where Hadjie Mattarm, a Muslim holy man exiled by the VOC from the East Indies to Robben Island in 1744, was buried. He died in 1755 and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage for the Muslim community of the Cape. (AB ev) | |
| Sulaiman-Too | Sulaiman-Too is the main holy and pilgrimage site for Muslims of southern Kyrgyzstan and the Ferghana Valley |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Islamic pilgrimage sites?
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