The correct answer is:
D. It was the site of the Kaaba, where pilgrims congregated.
Explanation:
The city of Mecca is the holiest city in the religion of Islam because it is where Muhammad was born and because<em> The Kaaba (the most important mosque which was built in a cuboid form by Abraham and his son Ishmael</em>) is located in this city. Mecca is considered the place where angels visit and mercy falls.
In the religion of Islam, there are five pillars (faith, five daily prayers, charity, the fast of Ramadan and pilgrimage). The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage where Muslims go to the Mecca mainly to visit The Kaaba during the last month of the Muslim lunar year, and lasts for five days. Muslims face the direction of The Kaaba when they pray not because they worship The Kaaba, but because it is the place of worship of the one God, Allah.
A total of more than 50 million immigrants, a combination of legal and illegal, came to the United States in the year 2010. According to reports, Honduras brought about 85% immigrants which made it the top sending country among others. Honduras was followed by India, Guatemala, and then Peru. This increase in the number of immigrants resulted in the parallel shoot up of the United States' low-income community.
The reason why people from many religious groups settled in the middle colonies was because they were able to freely practice their religion in these colonies without fear of being hunted down for their beliefs while in other colonies they could possibly have been persecuted.