Whatwould happen to Islam if Mecca and Medina were destroyed?

Islam would do the same thing that any other religion does when threatened, reinterpretation. Somehow, Muslim scholars worldwide would convene and decide that either the Kaaba could be rebuilt elsewhere, or isn't all that important, or that it was a sign from Allah to do something or other. Just about all religions have done this. Judaism has survived for millenia without any access to its primary holy site. Christianity has survived despite being deprived of access to the Holy Land for centuries. Rome, the seat of Catholicism, has been sacked countless times, and Constantinople has done worse. Yet, all these religions survive just fine. Buddhism no longer even exists in any appreciable degree in its country of origin (India), and thrives outside of it.
 

Leo Caesius

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One thing that the Americans should have learned from both 9/11 and the Iraq War is that when people are attacked, they rally behind their leader - no matter how much they disagree with him. They aren't going to use the most vicious, unjustified attack on the heart of Islam in the history of the religion as an excuse to set their house in order. They'll look to someone - anyone - for retribution. A number of people will look to Osama bin Laden, particularly since he is viewed as the US' arch-nemesis. That's common sense - it has nothing to do with Islam, and everything to do with human nature.
 
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