"I have erected a house and built a church so as to put an end to the circumambulation of the Ka’bah by pilgrims and visitors."
— Mecca

January 1, 1970

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Abraha (the Abyssinian Christian governor). The Rauzat-us-Safa, or Garden of Purity by Muhammad bin Khavendshah bin Mahmud translated into English by E. Rehatsek, first published 1893, Delhi Reprint 1982. (Quoted in in Goel, S. R. (1993). Hindu temples: What happened to them. Vol. II)