Makkah city construction

mediadave said:
Looks like they plan to demolish and rebuild the entire city apart from the Grand Mosque. Is there no historic areas of Mecca surviving? I remember there was a big argument when the Saudi's demolished an Ottoman castle. If there is any historic areas left it'd be a great shame to lose them, I'm all for contemporary architecture but it can go alongside rather than on top of Historic buildings (Which in many cases are better built then new buildings in any case)
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Its too late to complain now, the Saudis have levelled all the old buildings. I suppose that it is necessary to make some special concessions, as Makkah gets a huge amount of traffic compared to many normal cities, but destroying the whole place is just silly. They could have built on the land outside the city instead, and left a historic core area around the Mosque.
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ooooh the big ben killed it!! Now its all americanish! BOOOO

take out the clock then it wud be purtayyy!
 
Fishman said:
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Uh, the Big Ben tower is in England, not America...
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lool i kno, i mean olden american ish days, ya kno with them stupit pilgrim peoplez
buh yah thats even worse, england...

godddd somebody better not build that thing!!! i may never go to hajj then :thumbs_do
 
truemuslim said:
lool i kno, i mean olden american ish days, ya kno with them stupit pilgrim peoplez
buh yah thats even worse, england...

godddd somebody better not build that thing!!! i may never go to hajj then :thumbs_do
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What is 'them stupit pilgrim peoplez'?
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Pilgrims? The English people who arrived in America first way back whenever. What does that have to do with this tho? lol...

It's already being built and near completion. I wouldn't avoid goin for Umrah or Hajj over somethin like that. I would just avoid stepping into such a building.

I don't see the problem with the umbrellas though. Umbrellas never used to be in the center courtyard of Masjid al Nabawi, and they're nice there...and I think they would be nice in Masjid al Haram too. It is needed in the intense heat, and would be folded up at night.
 
Jawharah said:
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Pilgrims? The English people who arrived in America first way back whenever. What does that have to do with this tho? lol...

It's already being built and near completion. I wouldn't avoid goin for Umrah or Hajj over somethin like that. I would just avoid stepping into such a building.

I don't see the problem with the umbrellas though. Umbrellas never used to be in the center courtyard of Masjid al Nabawi, and they're nice there...and I think they would be nice in Masjid al Haram too. It is needed in the intense heat, and would be folded up at night.
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wooow you listen in school? so cool. can i have an interview with you? it will be "the story of the COOL sis who listen to people at the time she supposed to lisen to music!" mashallah! (kidding of course :p)


Noooooooooooo!!! WHY WHY WHY!! Are the uk people taking over makkah!!! goddd!!! :thumbs_do:thumbs_do:cry::cry:
ok. i guess there will be a certain spot i cannot look at when i go to hajj (If i go to hajj...INSHALLAH)
Yeh i agree wit the umbrella thing, the people there are like boilin hot ! The umbrella will make it easier for them inshallah! :D
 
Jawharah said:
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Pilgrims? The English people who arrived in America first way back whenever. What does that have to do with this tho? lol...

It's already being built and near completion. I wouldn't avoid goin for Umrah or Hajj over somethin like that. I would just avoid stepping into such a building.

I don't see the problem with the umbrellas though. Umbrellas never used to be in the center courtyard of Masjid al Nabawi, and they're nice there...and I think they would be nice in Masjid al Haram too. It is needed in the intense heat, and would be folded up at night.
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They look really silly though, like giant cocktail umbrellas! They could have had a big canvas dome like the Millenium Dome, if anything at all. They don't fit with the architecture at all.

As for the necessity of all these things, I'm going to make a thread about it?
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Jawharah said:
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It's already being built and near completion. I wouldn't avoid goin for Umrah or Hajj over somethin like that. I would just avoid stepping into such a building.
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I stayed in Zam Zam Grand Suites for umrah last month, the lower level of the Zam Zam Suites is Abraj Al-Bait shopping center. I really didnt like the fact that the Zam Zam hotel is so high and it makes the haram look smaller. If I knew this before hand I would never stay there. Hotels like the Hilton have a much better design, because it doesnt dwarf the haram.

But now I see that Zam Zam is actually SMALL compared to all the new buildings they are building. This is NOT good at all. If you actually go to Makkah and see how big and grand the Zam Zam Suites looks infront of the Mosque you'll be horrified. And now the Zam Zam will look small infront of the new towers like the Saudi Big Ben.So I cant even imagine how big the new buildings will look in front of the Masjid al-Haram. What are they trying to do?? I have no problem with making more living areas for the pilgrims and making the city look nice and modern, but theres a way to do it. They should make the city clean, and technologically up to date; but make it simple also. Dont make 2000 foot skyscraper right infront of the Masjid.I want to know what these people are thinking.
 
^ yes, they should make the actual kaaba bigger, well not the kaaba but the whole area the people stand and pray in, you see how squeezed in they get, how hot it is, all that, and they only caring about the money they gonna get from the hotels.
 
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^ They are also expanding the Haram itself..

How much does it cost to stay in the ZamZam Towers..?
 
I'm not against building tall buildings surrounding the Masjidil Haraam as those building can accomodate more pilgrims and they can be closer to the mosque...easy for the old pilgrims to go to the mosque.

But the big Ben... it's a totally "No! No!"

Imagine if a pilgrim came back from Hajj and says "Hey kids, I bought you Saudi Big Ben replicas...from Mecca"... and these are the pics of Saudi Big Ben...

everything is all about the freaking big ben!

And I dont like thos umbrellas too.... dont hide the Ka'abah from the sky! Pilgrims worldwide are willingly to feel the heat from the sun as long as they can be there..
 
that tall buliding makes the place unfamiliar .. the one with the big clock .. it makes me feel that it's britain or france .. it's shocking !!
 

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