I had somehow believed a sanctuary had no intrinsic holiness, that it only really became a holy place when it had ... [Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center] building, but we still have PJTC because ...

In the 1930s, as Muslims began their regular pilgrimages to the holy sanctuary in Makkah for Umrah ... a giant clock atop Makkah’s government building, commissioned by King Abdulaziz.