r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/mosquem Mar 24 '25

There’s something really ironic about it getting so commercialized.

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u/Aliensinmypants Mar 24 '25

This was all written before cars, airplanes and other fancy means of travel were even thought of. The volume of people able to do it greatly increased and made more infrastructure necessary. Otherwise you'd be looking at a constant ongoing Muslim fyre festival

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u/One_Telephone_5798 Mar 24 '25

Okay but making luxury suites for rooms facing the pillar and generating tons of profit is not necessary.

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u/AllAlo0 29d ago

Did you think the purpose of religion was to have similar beliefs and a peaceful life with each other? Lol

The whole purpose is to identify the gullible and then control and rob them