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Do verses from the Quran or Hadith prevent Christians from making pilgrimage to Mecca?

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Non-Muslims are not permitted to enter Mecca, based on the Almighty's saying: (O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs) [9:28]. This verse intends to prevent them from entering the Haram (sacred precinct). Christians are considered polytheists according to explicit Quranic texts, as the Almighty said: (They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary) [5:17], and (They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is the third of three) [5:73]. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded the expulsion of Jews and Christians from the entire Arabian Peninsula, as stated in his sayings: "If I live, Allah willing, I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula so that I leave no one there except a Muslim," and "Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula." The acts of worship performed by a disbeliever are not valid due to the absence of the condition of Islam.

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