4 Metaphors for mecca

Mecca, of course, has only been a blind, to keep the world from knowing anything about this, the true heart of the Faith.

In the daytime Mecca is limitless heat and noise, but under the stars it has all the magic of a dream-city in a country of wide horizons.

In former days, other centres were much more important, although Mecca has always been the goal of pilgrimage and the cherished abode of many learned men.

On the other hand, the average modern man does not understand much more of the mental life of the two hundred millions to whom the barren Mecca has become the great centre.

4 Metaphors for  mecca