In fact, the shrine's builders included inscriptions from ... because it was a holy site for other people -- just like the Kaaba was once a center of pagan worship and as the Hagia Sophia was ...

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia (AAP) Source: Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine ...