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== Temple of Hubal ==
I edited the phrase "The Black Stone is believed to be the only remnant of the original structure made by Abraham." In this edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Great_Mosque_of_Mecca&diff=prev&oldid=767749177]. It was changed back by reversion by {{reply to|SpyButeo}} in this edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Great_Mosque_of_Mecca&diff=next&oldid=767749177]. SpyButeo did you understand the problem I was faced with? I think I could have also put a [[Template:Who]] next to believed, would you be against that? I think I tried to fix a problem I saw - non-NPOV - and you reverted seemingly without addressing the concern.--[[User:Dwarf Kirlston]] - [[User Talk:Dwarf Kirlston|talk]] 14:35, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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It used to be the Temple of Hubal in Pre Islamic Era worshipped by the Quraysh Tribe [[Special:Contributions/171.76.85.13|171.76.85.13]] ([[User talk:171.76.85.13|talk]]) 03:38, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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My arabic fellows, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "haram" mean forbidden? [[User:EntityRrr|EntityRrr]] ([[User talk:EntityRrr|talk]]) 17:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
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== Different definitions of ''Ḥarām'', and rename this article as "Al-Haram Mosque"? ==
{{ping|Khestwol|Onceinawhile}} ''[[Ḥ-R-M|Ḥarām]]'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَام}}) can mean '[[Ban (law)|Forbidden]]'<ref name="Adamec 2009 102">{{cite book |last=Adamec |first=Ludwig |title=Historical Dictionary of Islam, 2nd Edition |year=2009| publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]], Inc. |location=[[Lanham, Maryland]] |isbn=9780810861619 |page=102}}</ref> or '[[Sacred]]', so ''Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām'' ({{lang-ar|ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـحَـرَام}}) can mean "The Forbidden Mosque" or "The Sacred Mosque".<ref name="Al-Modarresi 2016">{{cite book |author=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi |authorlink=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi |title=The Laws of Islam |publisher=Enlight Press |isbn=978-0994240989 |url=http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf |date=26 March 2016 |access-date=22 December 2017 |ref=Modarresi |language=[[English language|English]]}}</ref>{{rp|471}} I see that because ''Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām'' is not in the [[English language]], there is an issue with renaming this article as such, but even though "Al-Haram Mosque" might be less popular, it is [[Wikipedia:Neutrality|WP:neutral]] between the different definitions of ''Ḥarâm'', especially in the English language, and we do have a [[mosque]] that is similarly prominent, albeit to a lesser extent, and named in a similar way to "Al-Haram Mosque", that is [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]], which makes use of the Arabic name ({{lang-ar|ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْاَقْـصَى|Al-Masjid al-Aqṣā}}) in an English manner. [[User:Leo1pard|Leo1pard]] ([[User talk:Leo1pard|talk]]) 07:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

If [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] does not have to be renamed "The Farthest Mosque," which is what the [[Arabic name]] means in the [[English language]], then why should this article have to be named "Great Mosque of Mecca" or "Grand Mosque of Mecca," considering that the word ''Ḥaram'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَم}}) or ''Ḥarām'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَام}}) is commonly used for this mosque, that Arabic for 'great' or 'grand' would be ''Kabīr'' ({{lang-ar|كَـبِـيـر}}) or ''Akbar'' ({{lang-ar|أَكْـبَـر}}) (like for the [[Great Mosque of Kairouan]]), and that relatively few people, if any, would use ''Kabīr'' or ''Akbar'' for this mosque? I see that this website used ''Al-Masjid al-Kabīr fī Makkah al-Mukarramah'' ({{lang-ar|اَلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـكَـبِـيـر فِي مَـكَّـة الْـمُـكَـرَّمَـة}}, "The Great Mosque in [[Makkah]] the Highly Honoured"),<ref name="Sabeena">{{cite web |author=Sabeena |title=المسجد الكبير في مكة المكرمة |publisher=''Blog.ksa.co.in'' |url=http://blog.ksa.co.in/archives/1903 |language=[[Arabic]] |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> but this is the first time that I am seeing anything like that, as far as I can remember. [[User:Leo1pard|Leo1pard]] ([[User talk:Leo1pard|talk]]) 04:04, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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== Request Move to Grand Mosque of Makkah ==

When we usually refer to the Mosque in English, we say the Grand Mosque not the Great Mosque. Also in Arabic and Urdu, the city is pronounced as MakkaH, a H is pronounced, so I would suggest moving the page to "Grand Mosque of Makkah" [[User:Jibran1998|Jibran1998]] ([[User talk:Jibran1998|talk]]) 10:39, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

{{ping|Jibran1998}} Why not ''Al-Haram Mosque''? ''[[Ḥ-R-M|Ḥarām]]'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَام}}) can mean '[[Ban (law)|Forbidden]]'<ref name="Adamec 2009 102">{{cite book |last=Adamec |first=Ludwig |title=Historical Dictionary of Islam, 2nd Edition |year=2009| publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]], Inc. |location=[[Lanham, Maryland]] |isbn=9780810861619 |page=102}}</ref> or '[[Sacred]]', so ''Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām'' ({{lang-ar|ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـحَـرَام}}) can mean "The Forbidden Mosque" or "The Sacred Mosque".<ref name="Al-Modarresi 2016">{{cite book |author=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi |authorlink=Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi |title=The Laws of Islam |publisher=Enlight Press |isbn=978-0994240989 |url=http://almodarresi.com/en/books/pdf/TheLawsofIslam.pdf |date=26 March 2016 |access-date=22 December 2017 |ref=Modarresi |language=[[English language|English]]}}</ref>{{rp|471}} I see that because ''Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām'' is not in the [[English language]], there is an issue with renaming this article as such, but even though "Al-Haram Mosque" might be less popular, it is [[Wikipedia:Neutrality|WP:neutral]] between the different definitions of ''Ḥarâm'', especially in the English language, and we do have a [[mosque]] that is similarly prominent, albeit to a lesser extent, and named in a similar way to "Al-Haram Mosque", that is [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]], which makes use of the Arabic name ({{lang-ar|ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْاَقْـصَى|Al-Masjid al-Aqṣā}}) in an English manner. [[User:Leo1pard|Leo1pard]] ([[User talk:Leo1pard|talk]]) 07:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

: If [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] does not have to be renamed "The Farthest Mosque," which is what the [[Arabic name]] means in the [[English language]], then why should this article have to be named "Grand Mosque of Mecca" or "Grand Mosque of Makkah," considering that the word ''Ḥaram'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَم}}) or ''Ḥarām'' ({{lang-ar|حَـرَام}}) is commonly used for this mosque, that Arabic for 'great' or 'grand' would be ''Kabīr'' ({{lang-ar|كَـبِـيـر}}) or ''Akbar'' ({{lang-ar|أَكْـبَـر}}) (like for the [[Great Mosque of Kairouan]]), and that relatively few people, if any, would use ''Kabīr'' or ''Akbar'' for this mosque? I see that this website used ''Al-Masjid al-Kabīr fī Makkah al-Mukarramah'' ({{lang-ar|اَلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـكَـبِـيـر فِي مَـكَّـة الْـمُـكَـرَّمَـة}}, "The Great Mosque in [[Makkah]] the Highly Honoured"),<ref name="Sabeena">{{cite web |author=Sabeena |title=المسجد الكبير في مكة المكرمة |publisher=''Blog.ksa.co.in'' |url=http://blog.ksa.co.in/archives/1903 |language=[[Arabic]] |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> but this was the first time that I saw anything like that, as far as I can remember. [[User:Leo1pard|Leo1pard]] ([[User talk:Leo1pard|talk]]) 05:39, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

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== "Biggest mosque" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
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== Is the Kaaba a mosque? ==

There is a discussion on [[Talk:Conversion_of_non-Islamic_places_of_worship_into_mosques#The_Ka'aba]] concerning whether the Kaaba should be included in that article. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion. [[User:M.Bitton|M.Bitton]] ([[User talk:M.Bitton|talk]]) 22:48, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

== Requested move 8 August 2020 ==
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The result of the move request was: '''Moved'''. From the evidence provided in the discussion, the Arabic form is the most common name in English language sources. It should be pointed out that [[WP:RECOGNIZABILITY]] is not a competition; it says a good article title is recognisable, ''not'' that the most recognisable title is the best title. From ngrams and Google Trends searches combined, I personally am satisfied that the COMMONNAME is, indeed, [[Masjid al-Haram]] (give or take transliteration quirks). Also, for what it's worth? Just because this is the English Wikipedia does not mean the English translation is the best; for example, nobody calls the most famous street in Paris "[[Champs-Élysées|Avenue of the Elysian Fields]]". '''[[User:Sceptre|Sceptre]]''' ([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 22:06, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
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[[:Great Mosque of Mecca]] → {{no redirect|Masjid al-Haram}} – These are the multiple reasons why I think the name should be reverted to Masjid al-Haram or similar:<br/>
'''A. The [[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi]] article:'''<br/>
The aforementioned article concerning the Prophet’s Mosque uses the Arabic name for its title, as do most other articles about mosques on Wikipedia.<br/>
'''B. Google Ngram Viewer and the popularity of ''Al-Masjid Al-Haram'' and other forms'''<br/>
Wikipedia recommends using Google Books Ngram Viewer to support move claims per [[WP:RM]]. Given this, [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?smoothing=3&corpus=26&year_end=2019&year_start=1800&content=Masjid+al-Haram%2CGreat+Mosque+of+Mecca%2CGrand+Mosque+of+Mecca%2C%5Bal-Masjid+al-Haram%5D&direct_url=t1%3B%2CMasjid%20al%20-%20Haram%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CGreat%20Mosque%20of%20Mecca%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CGrand%20Mosque%20of%20Mecca%3B%2Cc0 Ngram Viewer shows] that the name ''Masjid al-Haram'' is more than 3.5x more prevalent in usage than both ''Great Mosque of Mecca'' and ''Grand Mosque of Mecca'' individually, and around 2x more popular than both combined. In addition, [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=masjid%20al%20haram,masjid%20al-haram,great%20mosque%20of%20mecca,grand%20mosque%20of%20mecca,al%20masjid%20al%20haram Google Trends shows] that the names ''Masjid al-Haram'', ''Masjid Al Haram'' and ''Al Masjid Al Haram'', combined, are 13x more popular in searches on Google than ''Great Mosque of Mecca'' and ''Grand Mosque of Mecca'' combined, on average.<br/>
'''C. Concerning the previous name change'''<br/>
I believe the previous name change was made hastily and inconsiderably. The main concern of the person suggesting the previous name change was a violation of [[WP:CONCISENESS]], however, I believe that the current name violates [[WP:PRECISION]], [[WP:CONSISTENCY]] and [[WP:CONCISENESS]], and, albeit to a much smaller degree, [[WP:RECOGNIZABILITY]]. [[User:AccordingClass|AccordingClass]] ([[User talk:AccordingClass|talk]]) 20:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC) <small>—'''''Relisting.'''''&nbsp;[[User:Steel1943|<span style="color: #2F4F4F;">'''''Steel1943'''''</span>]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 21:40, 24 August 2020 (UTC)</small>
*'''Oppose''' - I'm afraid the asserted reasons A, B, and C may be inappropriately employed here.
:''Regarding A'': I'm not sure how linking a single Wikipedia article about [[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi]] is grounds for the later claim of "most other articles about mosques on Wikipedia", but if one were to use [[WP:CONSISTENT]], which looks at {{tq|"the pattern of similar articles"}}, then [[:Category:Mosques in Saudi Arabia]] would demonstrate that, for mosques specifically in Saudi Arabia, of the approximately 28 that have articles on Wikipedia, only 4 articles have a name containing "Masjid" while 23 have a name containing "Mosque", making a name containing "Mosque" - in fact - the more consistent one by far.
:''Regarding B'': The Ngram link is invalid as the evidence does not match the proposed title. The proposed title is "Al-Masjid al-Haram", but the Ngram link uses "Masjid al-Haram", which is a different form without the "Al-" article. This issue has been debated ''ad nauseum'' in multiple previous RM discussions as well - the evidence must match the proposed title. To wit, if the search had been performed correctly and included "Al-", one would find that [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Great+Mosque+of+Mecca%2CGrand+Mosque+of+Mecca%2Cal-Masjid+al-Haram&smoothing=3&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&direct_url=t1%3B%2CGreat%20Mosque%20of%20Mecca%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CGrand%20Mosque%20of%20Mecca%3B%2Cc0 either "Great Mosque of Mecca" or "Grand Mosque of Mecca" are used more often than "Al-Masjid al-Haram"]. Also, Google Trends is invalid here because its statistics is based upon all language ''searches'', whereas [[WP:COMMONNAME]] requires {{tq|"reliable English-language ''sources''"}} - apart from the language issue, note that searches are not sources, let alone ''reliable'' sources. The current title is hence more in keeping with [[WP:COMMONNAME]] and [[WP:RECOGNIZABILITY]] as it uses a form known to be far more familiar to English speakers.
:''Regarding C'': The previous name change was not hastily done; in fact, RMs for this article have been debated nothing short of extensively, to a fault - 90% of this talk page discuss nothing constructive other than proposed name changes to various forms, and this debate crops up almost every two years. It seems like it was finally due this year, and so it has returned. In addition, the proposal claims violations of [[WP:PRECISION]], [[WP:CONCISE]], and [[WP:CONSISTENT]], but it has not been demonstrated how the current title violates any of the three.
:In sum, the previous consensus was clear and continues to hold: the current form of name is far more common in English-language sources, and - contrary to the proposal - is supported by [[WP:COMMONNAME]], [[WP:RECOGNIZABILITY]], and [[WP:CONSISTENT]]. There is also no evidence given that [[WP:PRECISION]] or [[WP:CONCISE]] is at issue. [[User:Epistulae ad Familiares|Epistulae ad Familiares]] ([[User talk:Epistulae ad Familiares|talk]]) 09:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
:*'''Reply''': I see this as a violation of [[WP:CONSISTENCY]] as applicable to the three holiest sites of Islam, i.e., the Masjid an-Nabawi, the Masjid al-Haram and the Masjid al-Aqsa. The articles concerning these two mosques use their original names, and as such, I believe this article should do so too. I do not support '''''Al-Masjid al-Haram''''' alone, I am supporting "'''''Al-Masjid al-Haram''' or similar''". This includes both '''''Al-Masjid al-Haram''' and '''Masjid al-Haram'''''. As such, even if Masjid al-Haram is selected as the new article, that's perfectly fine with me. In my opinion, the title violates [[WP:RECOGNIZABILITY]] and [[WP:CONCISENESS]] in the name of [[WP:PRECISION]] as anyone even vaguely introduced to the idea would be able to identify the mosque with the name "Masjid al-Haram". I still believe the previous consensus was reached hastily and inconsiderably as the pre-proposal evidence the person brought to suggest names was, ''verbatim'', "''Evidence is provided in Ngram results and in search results (in these cases from books)...''", responding to which I have brought forth similar evidence. [[User:AccordingClass|AccordingClass]] ([[User talk:AccordingClass|talk]]) 10:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom, as explained in reply to [[User:Epistulae ad Familiares]] --[[User:AccordingClass|AccordingClass]] ([[User talk:AccordingClass|talk]]) 11:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

* '''Support''' <ins>"Masjid al-Haram"</ins>: I find all the arguments presented by [[User:AccordingClass]] to be valid. I would like to add that outside Wikipedia I’ve only rarely seen the name "Great Mosque of Mecca" being used. [[User:Idell|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Teal">{{Resize|110%|'''''Idell'''''}}</span>]] ([[User talk:Idell|talk]]) 11:48, 10 August 2020 (UTC); edited 21:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

*'''Support''' In fact Wikipedia might be only notable website which calls this mosque like that contrary to traditional and media sources. [[User:Sachin.cba|Sachin.cba]] ([[User talk:Sachin.cba|talk]]) 07:14, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

*'''Oppose'''. Interesting case. I'm inclined to believe that even English sources do favour the proposed title. But on the other hand, the current title would be recognisable to every English speaker, while the proposed title (which I assume is Arabic) would be meaningless to many if not most English speakers. Having it at the current title clearly [[wp:IAR|improves Wikipedia]] in my opinion. [[User:Andrewa|Andrewa]] ([[User talk:Andrewa|talk]]) 00:52, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

*'''oppose''' per Epistulae ad Familiares, Andrewa. They already mentioned what I was going to say. —usernamekiran [[User talk:usernamekiran|(talk)]] 21:48, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' per above reasoning. [[User:Rreagan007|Rreagan007]] ([[User talk:Rreagan007|talk]]) 00:30, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

*'''Comment''': Since sources of all languages prefer the original title, how do you think will the English name be recognisable (not the same as ''understandable'') to English speakers? And wouldn’t you say that places generally have names in all sorts of languages. How is it fair to translate their name to English? And we’re not even translating it in this case, as I said above, I haven’t seen the name "Great Mosque of Mecca" being used anywhere off Wikipedia. [[User:Idell|<span style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Teal">{{Resize|110%|'''''Idell'''''}}</span>]] ([[User talk:Idell|talk]]) 04:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''. The common name in most reliable English-language sources is the current one, even if the Ngram picks up lots of mentions of the Arabic name in scholarly sources. -- [[User:Necrothesp|Necrothesp]] ([[User talk:Necrothesp|talk]]) 12:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support''' "Masjid al-Haram" seems to be the more common name (3,115,000 results on Google web search) as opposed to "Great Mosque of Mecca" (511,000). I think the proposal should be (slightly) modified to "Masjid al-Haram" instead of the more proper "al-Masjid al-Haram" (798,000 hits on Google) because it appears far more common. I know the BBC also uses "Masjid al-Haram" frequently if not most frequently, and other major English-language news sites, such as AP and CNN, will use "Masjid al-Haram", or at least reference it in addition to "Great Mosque" or "Grand Mosque". [[User:Al Ameer son|Al Ameer]] ([[User talk:Al Ameer son|talk]]) 14:56, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom.--[[User:Ortizesp|Ortizesp]] ([[User talk:Ortizesp|talk]]) 20:38, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' This is the English Wikipedia for english readers and is already the "English" common name. The title "Al-Masjid al-Haram" is Arabic but in [[latin script]] because we're typing with latin script keyboards. Al-Masjid al-Haram is common name only to Arabic speakers. The rm initiator is basically moving the english common name to what the pronunciation of what the official Arabic title would sound like. [[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) 22:40, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
**'''Reply''': No, in fact, most, if not all Muslim speakers refer to the mosque as "al-Masjid al-Haram," "Masjid al-Haram," or similar. This is also the reason Google Trends shows these two names to be far more common than the one the article holds now. I tried to use that as evidence, but a user pointed out that it encompasses searches from all languages. --[[User:AccordingClass|AccordingClass]] ([[User talk:AccordingClass|talk]]) 10:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support''' Claims that "Great Mosque of Mecca" is the common name in English remain unsubstantiated. While this usage may have been common a century ago, times change, and Masjid al-Haram is quite obviously more common in 2020.<!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:M Imtiaz|M Imtiaz]] ([[User talk:M Imtiaz#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/M Imtiaz|contribs]]) </small>
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My arabic fellows, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "haram" mean forbidden? EntityRrr (talk) 17:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How many minarets?

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The fact box stipulates 7, with 6 minarets under construction. Elsewhere it says that after the two last minarets were built, the number is eleven.

What is correct? Mumroos (talk) 17:37, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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