Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth
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Mecca Then and Now – 128 Years of Growth
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#2The comments below the article are very interesting especially the ones about destroying the ottoman heritage.
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#3Someone should pay more attention to preserving old heritage sites and historical structures in Mecca. The boorish Saudi Royal family is turning this into a religious disneyland. What shame.
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#4While a cool and nicely illustrated article, I fail to see how it's relevant to HN.
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#5Amazing city. It's unfortunate the Ajyad Fortress (1) had to be demolished to make way for the tower with the largest clock face in the world (2). I also note every time I visited a devout Muslim's small business or home, and they have a picture of the Grand Mosque, it's free of the new modern additions that will facilitate two million (and growing) pilgrims who visit every year. I suppose the Saudi government didn't care much for past heritage and tradition because, for muslims, Islam is the religion for the present, and the future.
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#6Someone should pay more attention to preserving old heritage sites and historical structures in Mecca. The boorish Saudi Royal family is turning this into a religious disneyland. What shame.
There is a Wikipedia article[1] about these destruction of old monuments.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_h...
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#7While a cool and nicely illustrated article, I fail to see how it's relevant to HN.
The HN guidelines allow for articles of general interest to the community, which this falls under.
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#9Perhaps somebody here knows, why are tents still used at the midway point in Mina? It seems that permanent structures and infrastructure would do a more efficient job of housing all the pilgrims. Is it tradition or a religious requirement of some sort?
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#10Amazing city. It's unfortunate the Ajyad Fortress (1) had to be demolished to make way for the tower with the largest clock face in the world (2). I also note every time I visited a devout Muslim's small business or home, and they have a picture of the Grand Mosque, it's free of the new modern additions that will facilitate two million (and growing) pilgrims who visit every year. I suppose the Saudi government didn't…
A certain amount of almost Byzantine-style iconoclasm seems to be a feature of Wahabbism[1] in particular, rather than Islam as a whole.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism#Shi.27a_criticism