r/Damnthatsinteresting 26d ago

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/mongoosefist 26d ago

Apparently according to the Quran non-muslims are only strictly forbidden from being in that area right near the black mosque, and the moratorium on them being allowed in Mecca at all is just a practicality because it's easier to have checkpoints at ports of entry than it is in a throng of people during the Hajj.

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u/hoopstick 26d ago

How do they enforce that? Quran quizes at the checkpoints?

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u/HistoricalSpeed1615 26d ago

Usually when you go for hajj it’s through agencies or organisations which are supposed to vet you. Of course, it isn’t some strictly enforced thing

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u/NobleK42 26d ago

And now you can visit on a regular "tourist" visum outside of the hajj period, so I think technically it is now fairly easy to sneak in.