I'm afraid he is right Rayaan...from an outsider's perspective muslims virtually 'worship' the ground muhammad walked on aka Mecca. And the edict to make the "pilgrimage" (sorry I don't know the correct term for it) to Mecca just reinforces it. It really isn't that different to xtians making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem's' "holy sites" or a jews pilgrimage to "the wailing wall"
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