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Mecca plans major upgrade (Mecca planning a major upgrade of facilities around Islam's holiest site)
Middle East Times ^ | December 9, 2005

Posted on 12/09/2005 8:00:45 PM PST by nickcarraway

MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Mecca is planning a major upgrade of facilities around the Al Masjid Al Haram, or "The Sacred Mosque", Islam's holiest site.

On December 27 the "Studies on the Central Region of Mecca" seminar will be held in Mecca to discuss development plans for the city's central region.

Interior minister and chairman of the supreme Hajj committee Prince Naif will open proceedings. The seminar will survey construction, engineering, transportation, environment and media issues.

The seminar precedes the launch of several construction projects around the Grand Mosque, including the $3.2 billion Jabal Omar project.

Organizing committee chairman Mohammed Idrees said that the government realized the need for fundamental changes in Mecca's facilities in order to accommodate the growing number of believers who perform Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages each year, estimated by Saudi authorities to exceed 10,000,000 annually.

"Making quick plans for such a large influx of pilgrims is essential in order to protect public interests. This demands setting out new construction strategies and comprehensive plans," Idrees said.

The proposed alterations are the second major round of reconstruction inside the city. During the 1970s the Bin Laden Group, headed by Osama Bin Laden's father Mohammed, was awarded a contract to expand both the Al Masjid Al Haram and the Prophet's mosque in Medina.

Economists said that new construction projects around the Al Masjid Al Haram would eventually generate investments of over $26 billion.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hajj; islam; islammustdie; mecca
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To: nickcarraway

ANDY GUMP!!


21 posted on 12/09/2005 8:16:29 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: Frank_2001

strip joints, rib shacks, and lots of bars


22 posted on 12/09/2005 8:16:55 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: nickcarraway

Awwww, they're holding a seminar to celebrate my birthday! I must don my celebratory burqa.


23 posted on 12/09/2005 8:17:10 PM PST by Xenalyte (Tom Cruise is in my closet and he won't come out.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mecca is enriched... May Mecca fully reap it's harvest of stone idol


24 posted on 12/09/2005 8:17:11 PM PST by Treader (Hillary's dark smile is reminiscent of Stalin's inhuman grin...)
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To: nickcarraway

I think I'd go with the glassy parking lot and the
Holy Crater.


25 posted on 12/09/2005 8:17:44 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: nickcarraway
Mecca plans major upgrade (Mecca planning a major upgade of facilities around Islam's holiest site)

What now? Toilets?

26 posted on 12/09/2005 8:18:02 PM PST by Barnacle (The Democrat Party consists of a gaggle of criminal defense attorneys, and their clients.)
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To: nickcarraway

They're going to bring Mecca all the way into the eighth century!


27 posted on 12/09/2005 8:18:05 PM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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To: Xenalyte

It's so much more becoming than your mourning burqa.


28 posted on 12/09/2005 8:23:39 PM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Hank Rearden

"Bad Day At Black Rock"...Turban renewal..


29 posted on 12/09/2005 8:25:03 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: nickcarraway

I know how to demolish the excisting one.


30 posted on 12/09/2005 8:34:47 PM PST by dinok
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To: TexGuy
I heard that rock fell from space. Is it true there are "space-peanuts" embedded in it?
31 posted on 12/09/2005 8:48:05 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: nickcarraway
The seminar precedes the launch of several construction projects around the Grand Mosque, including the $3.2 billion Jabal Omar project.

Could it be that they are constructing the Allah World theme park? I wonder what the roller coasters will be like?
32 posted on 12/09/2005 8:52:06 PM PST by Wolfhound777 (It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting)
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To: Wolfhound777
I wonder what the roller coasters will be like?

It cuts your head off if you don't convert.

33 posted on 12/09/2005 10:40:59 PM PST by EricT. (Caiaphas acted just like a modern Democrat.)
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To: EricT.

Yes! :-) that was obvious wasn't it.


34 posted on 12/09/2005 10:55:00 PM PST by Wolfhound777 (It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting)
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To: axes_of_weezles
"MOABs work great! "

For what? You may wish to look up what it is and what it does.
35 posted on 12/09/2005 11:31:54 PM PST by JSteff
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To: finnman69
Jeez. Get her back in a burka.
36 posted on 12/09/2005 11:34:43 PM PST by JSteff
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To: nickcarraway

More honey to the ant-hill? Gotta love it!


37 posted on 12/09/2005 11:53:45 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: Mr. Mojo

Intel stock will soar.


38 posted on 12/09/2005 11:54:38 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: illbenice
What is wrong with you people? Since when was it funny to threaten people with violence because of their religion? Your rhetoric is familiar to our enemies.

Ever heard of WWII? September 11, 2001?

Some folks have never taken an American history class, and have a short memory.

Americans did not invite this upon us.

If you like being a panty-waiste pacifist, just dial: 1-800-IRAN-IRAQ, and seek asylum.

Or you can dial: 1-800-911-1911. Which is my choice, since my 1911 is locked and loaded.

39 posted on 12/10/2005 12:03:16 AM PST by Cobra64
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To: axes_of_weezles

Very nice toy. Do you think it could take out The Swimmer?


40 posted on 12/10/2005 12:04:35 AM PST by Cobra64
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