Makkah, Medina, and the Kaaba

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Ahl al-Dhikr

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My dear friends,

I've been reading a book about Saudi Arabia, and was quite struck when I read that Makkah and Medina are exits right off the Trans-Arabian Highway. How wonderful that must be! For a Jew, it is like a dream come true - I can only imagine how it would feel if the Beith ha-Miqdash was an exit off of, say, Kevish Sheish (or any other highway for that matter).

I was wondering how it feels, as a Muslim, to have that kind of incorporation of the Kaaba - a holy place which might very well be the center of Muslim spirituality - within the infrastructure of modern Muslim society. Is it like a dream come true?

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Do we mind the highway that the highway has exits directly to Makkah and Madeenah? Nopes... We are okay with such matters of convenience. Millions of people enter Makkah and only by bus since there is no airport, so the exit would be inconvenient if it were further from Makkah and not all people land in Madeenah by plane so again the inconvenience comes in. They are the main cities in the Hijaaz anyway so its expected...

Btw, I'm guessing that Beith ha-Miqdash is Jerusalem?
 
Jawharah said:
Do we mind the highway that the highway has exits directly to Makkah and Madeenah? Nopes... We are okay with such matters of convenience. Millions of people enter Makkah and only by bus since there is no airport, so the exit would be inconvenient if it were further from Makkah and not all people land in Madeenah by plane so again the inconvenience comes in. They are the main cities in the Hijaaz anyway so its expected...
Btw, I'm guessing that Beith ha-Miqdash is Jerusalem?
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Thanks for the response! Very interesting information; I've always wondered what the Hajj experience is like, on a practical level.

Actually, my question was more along the lines of, "Do you ever reflect on how you feel, as a Muslim, about having your Holy Place available and accessible to you?" :)

The Beith ha-Miqdash would specifically be the Temple, located in Jerusalem.

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Ohh, ok! To be honest, I never really thought about it and kinda took it for granted, since it's always been like that since the highways were built and naturally I never was there prior to it. But given that the Two Holy Mosques are the central points of the cities, it's always been made accessible from all the roads I think. And yeps, that is a real blessing! :statisfie

Ah ok, I was guessing that since it is similar to what we call it, Bayt al Maqdis. :)
 
Jawharah said:
Ohh, ok! To be honest, I never really thought about it and kinda took it for granted, since it's always been like that since the highways were built and naturally I never was there prior to it. But given that the Two Holy Mosques are the central points of the cities, it's always been made accessible from all the roads I think. And yeps, that is a real blessing! :statisfie

Ah ok, I was guessing that since it is similar to what we call it, Bayt al Maqdis. :)
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Very cool. From what I understand, the head of the Saudi family is also the "chief imam" who serves as the "custodian" of the Kaaba? How do you feel, as a Muslim, about any of the politics surrounding the Two Holy Mosques? What, exactly, are the politics surrounding the Two Holy Mosques? :)

There's a whole lot of politics surrounding our Bayith. :-[

And wow! Is Bayt al Maqdis your term for our Bayith, or for the Kaaba?

Thanks for the really interesting info and perspective! :)
 
Ahl al-Dhikr- you said "Holy Place available and accessible to you" I find it very sad that your holy place is not available for you. Some day it will be!!
 

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