Proper noun

Mecca 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca

In the book chapter 18 Malcolm X  talks about traveling from Mecca to Beirut , Mecca is also spelled as Makkah. This place is located in Saudi Arabia in the city of hejazi. Mecca was the birthplace of Mohammad and the place where the Quran was seen first. Mecca was ruled by the decedents from Mohammad as independent rules and/or a larger population.According to Wikipedia mecca is on of the holiest city in Islam as its home to the Kappa and direction of Muslim prayer. Malcolm x relates to this as his religion is the Islamic faith.