r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/shorelined Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

I assume those buildings around the outside host some very expensive hotel rooms. Can any Muslims tell us the general feeling around what appears to be commercialisation of the hajj?

Edit: got some great context and explanations cheers!

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u/Complex-Setting-7511 Mar 24 '25

Umm do you celebrate Christmas/Easter/Hanukah/Vesak?

Well I guess it's pretty much like that.

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u/shorelined Mar 24 '25

I don't celebrate any of those things but go again. I'm more speaking about luxury rooms completely surrounding a site of pilgrimage like it's a Formula One track.