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Someone should pay more attention to preserving old heritage sites and historical structures in Mecca. The boorish Saudi Royal family is turning this into a rel
by littletimmy 11y ago
Someone should pay more attention to preserving old heritage sites and historical structures in Mecca. The boorish Saudi Royal family is turning this into a religious disneyland. What shame.
- po1nter 11y agoThere is a Wikipedia article[1] about these destruction of old monuments. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_heritage_sites_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_h...
- 1024core 11y ago> The boorish Saudi Royal family is turning this into a religious disneyland. My guess is that they're doing it to put a Wahabbi stamp on things and erase everything else.
- Gibbon1 11y agoThe Wahabbi/Salifists see destroying all that old stuff as a feature not a bug.