Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 1st, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, pilgrims could sit at the cube-shaped Kaaba and look out at the serene desert mountains where the Prophet Muhammad once walked.
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