التعايش الديني في مكة خلال العصر الجاهلي

Abstract EN

The history of Mecca, since its inception, has been closely linked with the Kaaba, as the reverence of the Arfor this latter was a reason for the Meccans' interest in organizing Hajj matters in it, and it is one of the most important rituals related to the Hanafi religion, which some of its rituals remained among them, such as prayer, zakat and fasting.

As for their intent to bring the various idols of the Arand erect them around the Kaaba in veneration for them, this means that some of them have adopted a new religion for themselves in which they have glorified other deities other than God as Hubla, Al-Lat, Manat, and Al-Uzza, which are the most famous of the pagan gods to them.

Others have some other monotheistic religions that were spread at that time in their neighboring countries, such as Christianity and Judaism as a religion for them, and this is evidence of their openness to their neighboring nations on the one hand and their tolerance and coexistence with each other on the other hand despite the different beliefs and rituals of their religions, whose diversity certainly led to Consolidating their relations with their neighbors in various political, social, cultural, religious and economic fields.