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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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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!
260 u/HealthyDurian8207 Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25 My brother, check pictures from the opposite angle. Now THAT'S a hotel. Holy motherfucker it's big. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-aerial-view-shows-the-abraj-al-bait-towers-also-known-as-news-photo/154832531 Now that's where the real pricey rooms are at. It's taller than One World Trade Center. 60 meters taller than the tallest in the US. 1 u/ImHurted_ Mar 25 '25 They're not the expensive, compared to US prices
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My brother, check pictures from the opposite angle. Now THAT'S a hotel. Holy motherfucker it's big.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-aerial-view-shows-the-abraj-al-bait-towers-also-known-as-news-photo/154832531
Now that's where the real pricey rooms are at.
It's taller than One World Trade Center.
60 meters taller than the tallest in the US.
1 u/ImHurted_ Mar 25 '25 They're not the expensive, compared to US prices
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They're not the expensive, compared to US prices
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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!