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Mecca

The Sacred City

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Mecca

Auteur(s): Ziauddin Sardar
Narrateur(s): Amerjit Deu
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Mecca is, for many, the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction to which Muslims turn when they pray, and the site of pilgrimage that annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet the significance of Mecca is more than purely religious. What happens in Mecca and how Muslims think about the political and cultural history of Mecca has had and continues to have a profound influence on world events to this day.

In this insightful book, Ziauddin Sardar unravels the meaning and significance of Mecca. Tracing its history, from its origins as a "barren valley" in the desert to its evolution as a trading town and sudden emergence as the religious center of a world empire, Sardar examines the religious struggles and rebellions in Mecca that have significantly shaped Muslim culture. An illuminative, lyrical, and witty blend of history, reportage, and memoir, Mecca reflects all that is profound and enlightening, curious and amusing about Mecca and takes us behind the closed doors to one of the most important places in the world today.

©2014 Ziauddin Sardar (P)2015 Audible Inc. Islam Moyen-Orient Sciences sociales Moyen Âge Afrique Iran Redevances Empire ottoman Impérialisme Croisade
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Great content and story that follows the history of Mecca and the wider Muslim world from the pre-Islamic history to the present. My issue is that the narrator is not fantastic I'm sorry to say, his reading is clear but he vocally emphasizes words that don't need to be emphasized, takes breaks as though he has reached an end of a sentence when he has not, and does not wind words down as he reaches the end of a sentence making it seem like he's about to continue on but abruptly stops instead (which is most obvious in the last sentence of the book).

Content is great but narration not so much.

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