The Kaaba is the center of the Hajj, not the world. Don’t confuse yourself just because you are Muslim. The reason why it is the center of the Hajj is because a meteorite crashed there thousands of years ago when the Arabian peninsula was inhabited. read more
So for spreading Islam ALLAH chose the center 20 degree longitude, i.e. Makkah. Location of Kaaba in Light of Plate movement through the geological ages . Quran uses the Arabic word مكه which means and few muslims have claimed that Kaaba is the racial center of the world. read more
The Kaaba was thought to be at the center of the world, with the Gate of Heaven directly above it. The Kaaba marked the location where the sacred world intersected with the profane; the embedded Black Stone was a further symbol of this as a meteorite that had fallen from the sky and linked heaven and earth. read more