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The destruction of Mecca: Saudi hardliners are wiping out their own heritage
06 August 2005 | Daniel Howden

Posted on 08/05/2005 8:03:02 PM PDT by mdittmar

Historic Mecca, the cradle of Islam, is being buried in an unprecedented onslaught by religious zealots.

Just a link.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iconoclasm; iconoclasts; mecca; petra; saudiarabia; wahhabism
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Ha!,have a great weekend all!
1 posted on 08/05/2005 8:03:03 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

That's like us knocking over the Shrine at Bethlehem...


2 posted on 08/05/2005 8:08:53 PM PDT by TheBergenTimes
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To: mdittmar

We'd better hurry up, there won't be anything left to bomb.


3 posted on 08/05/2005 8:12:07 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: mdittmar

They are dangerous idiots!


4 posted on 08/05/2005 8:12:33 PM PDT by RAY ( Heroes not, the U.S. Supreme Court!!)
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To: ninenot; sittnick; steve50; Hegemony Cricket; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; FITZ; arete; ...
Most of the buildings have suffered the same fate as the house of Ali-Oraid, the grandson of the Prophet, which was identified and excavated by Dr Angawi. After its discovery, King Fahd ordered that it be bulldozed before it could become a pilgrimage site.

"The bulldozer is there and they take only two hours to destroy everything. It has no sensitivity to history. It digs down to the bedrock and then the concrete is poured in," he said.

Amazing.

5 posted on 08/05/2005 8:13:47 PM PDT by A. Pole (" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! ")
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To: mdittmar

More good news.


6 posted on 08/05/2005 8:15:17 PM PDT by Adrastus (If you don't like my attitude, talk to some one else.)
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To: MediaMole

They need the "magic mushroom" in order for there to be "turban renewal"!


7 posted on 08/05/2005 8:16:02 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: mdittmar
"What we are witnessing are the last days of Mecca and Medina."

One can only hope.

8 posted on 08/05/2005 8:17:55 PM PDT by WarPaint (Crush Islam)
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To: MediaMole

This is the ultimate in symbolism in how Islamic societies destroy themselves.


9 posted on 08/05/2005 8:18:00 PM PDT by ValenB4 ("Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." - Isaac Asimov)
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To: mdittmar

These people are NUTS!


10 posted on 08/05/2005 8:18:35 PM PDT by kalee
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To: mdittmar

Nuke Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Then Mecca will be empty.


11 posted on 08/05/2005 8:19:48 PM PDT by Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver (Senate Republicans' Motto: Quit while you're ahead.|| Democrats' Motto: Going nowhere fast!)
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hah


13 posted on 08/05/2005 8:26:34 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: mdittmar

Naipaul made the same points about Islam in "Beyond Belief" - Islam recognizes no history. Its modern manifestation is incredibly bleak.


14 posted on 08/05/2005 8:29:52 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: Pookyhead
Your post #12 could be the best post of the year on FR.

THIS IS A KEEPER.

Do you have a Ph.D. in sociology? Maybe you should.

15 posted on 08/05/2005 8:31:17 PM PDT by japaneseghost
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To: buwaya
Its modern manifestation is incredibly bleak.

As dry, bleak and harsh as the Arabian desert that spawned it

16 posted on 08/05/2005 8:32:46 PM PDT by dennisw ( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: mdittmar
WE CAN HELP!!!!!!


17 posted on 08/05/2005 8:33:19 PM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Pookyhead

Muhammad is their idol and their Kabba rock in Mecca is a pagan idol that predates Islam.


18 posted on 08/05/2005 8:34:04 PM PDT by dennisw ( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: mdittmar
The Grand Mosque (where the Ka'aba is) used to be a quaint place for religious pilgrimage with canvas awnings and dirt paths:

The Saudis have surrounded it with this huge marble and concrete structure:


19 posted on 08/05/2005 8:37:35 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: mdittmar
They truly ARE mad, aren't they? Looks like they're choking their society to death on piety.

Personally, I'd like to see the Grand Mosque turned into a brothel / night club / hog farm.

20 posted on 08/05/2005 8:39:30 PM PDT by FierceDraka (The Democratic Party - Aiding and Abetting The Enemies of America Since 1968)
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