Mecca
About Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia and is the capital of Mecca Province. Mecca is considered the birthplace of Islam, the holiest city in Islam and is the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
On the show · 18 mentions total
Richard Burton, the Victorian explorer and linguist, visited Mecca in disguise once, and he would have been killed if he'd been discovered.
from 325: No Such Thing As An Earwig Family Zoom Chat, 2020-06-12 at 00:22:54 · read transcript
Other times Mecca came up
It all got a bit tense for a while. It is the holiest city in Islam. Yes, yeah. It's also the catchphrase, and what it just meant was like, this is a mecca for shopping. or this is, and the idea was this is a mecca for dancing. It just means this is somewhere you go when you want to dance. Obviously, where does that word come from?
No Such Thing As Aunt Bessie In A Red Citroën Picasso, 2025-11-13 · listen
So the idea is it's a diplomatic mission to go and make contact with these places and basically say, will you acknowledge that China is the best country in the world? If you do that, we sort of won't take over you. It was lots of Muslim countries. You know, he would have been able to go and be like, hey, I get you, my dad went to Mecca, is China the best? Yes, great, off you go. He sounds amazingly lots of Muslim countries.
540: No Such Thing As The Three Gorgeous Dams, 2024-07-18 · listen
I think so. That's different to going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Hold on. There are loads of Muslims going on pilgrimage to Mecca. Then there are loads of rock fans going on pilgrimage to the rock next door.
Little Fish: I'm Not Even On The Internet Right Now, 2026-08-16 · listen
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