Critical of the polytheistic religion of his fellow Arabs, Muhammad had all the idols destroyed, but he preserved the Kaaba. Which of the following supports the reason for this preservation?
a. It is the Islamic world's symbolic center
b. It is the home of Muhammad.
c. It the site of Muhammad's ascendancy into Paradise.
d. It is the location of Muhammad's divine inspiration.
a
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A. school B. burial C. palace D. fountain
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A. Desiderius Erasmus B. Edmund Spenser C. Philip Sidney D. Thomas More
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