Religious Guidance Office
Religious Guidance Office is a tourism office in Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia. Religious Guidance Office is situated nearby to Library al-Masjid al-Haram - Top Floor, as well as near the college Haram Institute.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kaaba and Maqam Ibrahim.
Kaaba
Mosque
Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kaaba, also spelled Kaʽba, Kaʽbah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʽba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Kaaba is situated 250 metres east of Religious Guidance Office.
Maqam Ibrahim
Memorial
The Maqām Ibrāhīm is a small square stone associated with Abraham, Ishmael and their building of the Kaaba in what is now the Great Mosque of Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Maqam Ibrahim is situated 260 metres east of Religious Guidance Office.
Corner of Yemen
Historic site
Corner of Yemen is a historic site, which is situated 240 metres east of Religious Guidance Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mecca and Haram.
Mecca
Photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mecca, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam. Mecca is the birthplace of Prophet Muhammed, the founder of Islam, and Muslims believe the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad here.
Haram
Neighborhood
Photo: HolyArtThou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haram is one of several similar words originating from the triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M. The word literally means "sanctuary", commonly used by Muslims to refer to Al-Masjid Al-Haram and Prophet Mohammad's Mosque.
Ajyad
Neighborhood
Ajyad is a historic neighborhood of Mecca in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia. Ajya is directly south of Al Haram District.
Religious Guidance Office
- Type: Tourism office
- Categories: information, tourism, and office
- Location: Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
21.42177° or 21° 25′ 18″ northLongitude
39.82393° or 39° 49′ 26″ eastOpen location code
7GHXCRCF+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5862282585OpenStreetMap feature
office=religionOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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In Other Languages
“Religious Guidance Office” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتب الإفتاء الديني”
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