[Diogenesis]

[Sender]

Oh shucky-darn. No family vacation in Mecca again.

[Frank_2001]

"Islam is very tolerant in its attitude to other faiths"

ROTFLMAO!!!

[jeremiah]

We should wait until the maximum amount of Mooslims are in the holy cities, then use a neutron bomb and send them to paradise.

[Ready4Freddy]

LOL, except for all the 'xxth most holy place in ALL of islam' boolshiite that we have to hear about....

...because Islam is not about places...

[tet68]

God. It is He who says: “Believers, know that the idolaters are certainly impure. So, let them not come near to the Sacred Mosque after this year is ended.”

So appearently there WAS a time when infidels COULD enter
Mecca and Medina.

[transhumanist]

The only "visit" to Mecca or Medina I would care to make would be from 40,000 feet, with a shiny red button under my thumb.

But that's just me.

[Mark17]

After all, Islam is very tolerant in its attitude to other faiths. Please comment.

OK, I will comment. That is the biggest crock of BS I have seen in many moons.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Observe Islamic dictates, or die infidel dog.

[rdcorso]

Who would want to see a worthless building in a land that meant nothing in the past.Muslims claim that Mecca is the center of Islam and Mohammud's birthplace but history says that's a lie.Mecca is not mentioned once in any of the historical books of that time as it should be if it was the center of the world.The other thing is Mohammud was born over 300 miles away from the city according to historians.Plus the koran is said to be from the lips of the prophet himself except it wasn't written until over 300 years after Mohammud's death.This means there wasn't even a great great grandchild of someone from Mohammuds day that could give personal accounts.

[Cultural Jihad]

Sounds like the adherents of any religion have the right to set their own customs and usages for their own religion, and to expect adherence of same from anyone seeking to be considered as a member in good standing.

[RichInOC]

Nice little towns. It'd be an awful shame if somebody airdropped a drove of diarrheic pigs on them...

[FreedomCalls]

Are you aware that the penalty for violating that stricture is "death by beheading"? It's not like a simple traffic ticket.

[FreedomCalls]

It is a religious matter legislated by God. It is He who says: “Believers, know that the idolaters are certainly impure. So, let them not come near to the Sacred Mosque after this year is ended.” (9: 28)

I'm not one to tell the Imam his theology, but that refers to athiests, animists, Hindus, and other non-believers. Christians, Jews, and Muslims are not included in that prohibition as they are all believers in the one God -- "people of the book" as it were.

[Alouette]

I'd like to visit Mecca when they hold the World Series there. [The Hebrew Nation sign is about where the Kaaba will used to be.]