Assertion: mecca's significance | /r/HasProperty | emphasized by the fact
Facets:
value: further
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The historical significance of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Islam is further emphasized by the fact that Muslims turned towards al-Aqsa when they prayed for a period of 16 or 17 months after migration to Medina in 624; it thus became the qibla ("direction") that Muslims faced for prayer.