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Mecca
Not much chance of getting in unless you are a Muslim but you can have a peak here
Witness Mecca's Dramatic Transformation Over The Past Century In Just 14 Photos |
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I thought this thread was about the Bingo hall chain :(
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Originally Posted by mikewot
(Post 11398216)
I thought this thread was about the Bingo hall chain :(
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Truly distasteful urbanisation. Imagine if we decided to commercialise Stonehenge by erecting skyscrapers around it. Arabs simply making money.
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the millionaires apartments overlooking it just do it for me.
I struggle to find the words to describe it, really I do. |
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Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 11399092)
the millionaires apartments overlooking it just do it for me.
I struggle to find the words to describe it, really I do. Basically from what I have been told, the cheap one means that you cannot afford the ridiculously high room rates closer to the mosque so you have to take a room as far as your pocket will allow and then walk as taxis are out of the question in those days. Yep, all about money now. |
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Originally Posted by Irishbeekeeper
(Post 11399109)
I agree, it is pretty sad how 'commercial' it all is now. It has boiled down to, me hearing two persons talking to each other : 'Did you do the cheap Hajj or the expensive one?' The other guy proudly stating 'I went all out on this one'
Basically from what I have been told, the cheap one means that you cannot afford the ridiculously high room rates closer to the mosque so you have to take a room as far as your pocket will allow and then walk as taxis are out of the question in those days. Yep, all about money now. |
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Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 11399124)
and by that alone did islam start to die
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Originally Posted by Irishbeekeeper
(Post 11399131)
everything dies
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My boss recently did Hajj. It cost him around 1000USD per day with the hotels, taxis, shuttles etc.
not cheap. Anyway - Christmas is quite a sell out event. |
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Christianity gave us St. Peter's and Rome.
Islam gave us Mecca? I see. That aside, there are beautiful historic mosques all over the greater Islamic world and it's odd that the heart of Islam is a rather ugly affair..... |
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Unlike its soul ?
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it now resembles LAS VEGAS.
thanks to the Al Saws |
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Sir, you are referring to my former employers !
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Re: Mecca
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 11399576)
Anyway - Christmas is quite a sell out event.
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