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Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it

After the 630 entry, later sira dates the removal of idols from the Kaaba under Muhammad's order. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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After the 630 entry, later sira dates the removal of idols from the Kaaba under Muhammad's order. It is a cultic clearing, not a modern restoration report. Muhammad's documented role is: He ordered the sanctuary cleared of idols in the received file. Companions carried it out; later shrine architecture is not this day.

Context

The sanctuary had been a polytheist shrine-market. Sharing the labour with those who pulled images is required. Amnesty remains the previous row. The setting of Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it is the public file around 0630-01-15. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Improving path from Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it on 0630-01-15. Clearing a shared sanctuary is a cohesion path inside a new cultic monopoly. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Muhammad

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He ordered the sanctuary cleared of idols in the received file. Companions carried it out; later shrine architecture is not this day.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactIdols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 15 January 630 · verified

    Clearing a shared sanctuary is a cohesion path inside a new cultic monopoly.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Met Heilbrunn — Islam, early sanctuary neighbourhood as later essayMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Mecca, late Meccan yearsEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mecca, Kaaba after 630 at https://www.britannica.com/place/Mecca (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Met Heilbrunn — Islam, early sanctuary neighbourhood as later essay at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isla/hd_isla.htm (opens in a new tab) (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Official carrier: Britannica — Mecca, Kaaba after 630 (https://www.britannica.com/place/Mecca (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Met Heilbrunn — Islam, early sanctuary neighbourhood as later essay (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isla/hd_isla.htm (opens in a new tab); Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Established: a sourced public record of Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it under 0630-01-15 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it under 0630-01-15.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. A museum essay is evidence, not a 630 act. Mixed effects of Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0630-01-15 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMuhammad
  2. contributed toFactIdols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Idols are removed from the Kaaba after the 630 entry as later sira dates it. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-kaaba-idols-630

https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-kaaba-idols-630

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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