" Mecca is now like Las Vegas , " was a statement that was brought Ali al - Ahmed , director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs - Saudi opposition - research institute based in Washington , saw the development of the holy city of Mecca today .
Makkah the holy city which bears the designation and became the pilgrimage center of Muslims around the world , serenity and devoutness of his increasingly eroded , the Kaaba is located in the central Haram mosque and into the global Muslim direction of prayer , getting drowned out by the establishment of tall buildings .
According to him, the development of the city of Mecca now is a disaster.
" This will give a bad influence for Muslims . When they to Mecca they do not have any feelings , there is no uniqueness anymore . What do you see just cement and glass , " said Ahmad seriously .
Ahmad statement throws it stands to reason , because the city of Mecca today increasingly filled with tall buildings ranging from hotels , shopping malls and large stores that sell Western products . Call it the Starbucks coffee shop , Cartier and Tiffany , H & M and Topshop .
Shopping mall Abraj Al - Bait.
Shopping mall Abraj Al - Bait, one of the largest malls in Saudi recently opened ahead of Hajj season in December 2006 yesterday , seems magnificent with flat television monitors , neon lights , with entertainment center , resto - fast-food restaurant , even in the clothing store .The shopping center , will also be equipped with a high -rise hotel complex . Even complex buildings to be completed later in 2009 , will be the seventh tallest building in the entire world , equipped with hospital facilities and a spacious prayer .
Entire mountains near Jabal Omar , now flattened . At that location the hotel complex will also be built and more than 130 new high-rise buildings
Makkah the holy city which bears the designation and became the pilgrimage center of Muslims around the world , serenity and devoutness of his increasingly eroded , the Kaaba is located in the central Haram mosque and into the global Muslim direction of prayer , getting drowned out by the establishment of tall buildings .
" This is the end of Mecca , " said Irfan Ahmad of London , founder of the Islamic Heritage Foundation , which maintains its activity specifically historical relics in Mecca , Medina and other places in Saudi Arabia .
" Previously , even in the Ottoman period , none of the buildings in Makkah much higher than the high- Haram Mosque . Now , many buildings are higher than the Grand Mosque and the mosque does not respect that, "said Irfan .
Money , of course, be the main motivation boom in high-rise buildings in Makkah . As every year , the city was flooded with pilgrims . Billboards along the road to Mecca , as the main attraction for investors who seek to profit from the lodging .
A number of Islamic organizations say , the establishment of the magnificent buildings in the city of Mecca , also against the backdrop of religious motives . They accused the Saudi government to allow conservatives to destroy the historic places where it is precisely the reason to worry venerated by the visitors .
Ahmad of the Islamic Heritage Foundation has claimed Catalogue of more than 300 historic places in Saudi Arabia , including funerals and mosques . He said , a house where the Prophet Muhammad was born was destroyed to build the bathroom .
" Absolutely not respect the Kaaba , not respecting the house of the Lord or the environment of the historic places , " said Sami Angawi , a Saudi architect who wants to maintain the historic relics in Mecca .
" In fact , any tree cutting should not be done in this city , " he continued .
Progress sometimes it will be costly . Even the night market , where pilgrims can sell the items he was carrying , now no longer exists . So also with the families in Makkah usual welcoming the pilgrims , had not seen since their houses demolished for the expansion of the Grand Mosque in the era of the 1970s .
Angawi now trying to approach the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to give great attention to the destruction of historic places . Ahmad lobbied governments Asia and Arab countries to halt the destruction of the Saudi government . Both leaders deplored the lack of concern for Muslims over these issues . Business interests and money beat everything.
" Makkah has never changed as it is today . What you see now only 10 percent of what it would be there , that would be much , much worse, " said Angawi worry .
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