Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Kairouan' has mentioned 'Mecca' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence Text Source
[1] In the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661xe2x80x93680), it became an important centre for Sunni Islamic scholarship and Quranic learning,[2] and thus attracting many Muslims from various parts of the world, next only to Mecca and Medina and Jerusalem .
[22] Local tradition holds that seven pilgrimages to the Great Mosque equals one pilgrimage to Mecca,[23][24] which according to some, made Kairouan the fourth holiest city in Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
It is not surprising that in the past, seven pilgrimages to Kairouan could take the place of the one pilgrimage to Mecca prescribed for all Muslims.