Why Should the Holy City be Spelt as Makkah Not Mecca

Zakir Naik

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Don't write Mecca M E Fi fi always write correctly Ma Ka Ma k h because Mecca mjcca means a house of mines. And this method is partly correct, because I have said in some of my lecture earlier that the right spelling of the Arabic word Maccha is Ma KKH and don't spell it as m e Fifi. And the reason for that, to say that Mecca means m e CCA, a house of Vinings is baseless. mechanische means a place which is of a gathering, or where people are attracted for an event, the English meaning but the right word for the city in Saudi Arabia, the prophet would want is maca. And the more correct spelling, if you transliterate it from Mokra M A KKH. I'm not so much particular someone makes a

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small mistakes in transliteration, and that's common. But why do I say don't say Mecca? And ECA because Mecca if you search it's Mecca Bingo is a chain of gambling games and casinos in UK. So Mecca Bingo is known for gambling. Because MFE a mecca Bingo is a chain of gambling dens and casinos. So to differentiate between these two, I said that but this information that might guide house of mind, I'm not away from where did this person get from? So therefore, I said that the third method is partly right