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19 Apr 2006 04:34:30 AM |
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Shame of the House of Saud: Shadows over Mecca |
Shame of the House of Saud: Shadows over Mecca
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article358577.ece
Previously unseen photographs reveal how religious zealots obsessed
with idolatory have colluded with developers to destroy Islam's diverse
heritage. By Daniel Howden
Published: 19 April 2006
There is a growing shadow being cast over Islam's holiest site. Only a
few metres from the walls of the Grand Mosque in Mecca skyscrapers are
reaching further into the sky, slowly blocking out the light. These
enormous and garish newcomers now dwarf the elegant black granite of
the Kaaba, the focal point of the four million Muslims' annual Haj
pilgrimage.
The tower blocks are the latest and largest evidence of the destruction
of Islamic heritage that has wiped almost all of the historic city from
the physical landscape. As revealed in The Independent last August,the
historic cities of Mecca and Medina are under an unprecedented assault
from religious zealots and their commercial backers.
Mecca
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