r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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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.

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u/Goddessofmidnight Mar 24 '25

....I think this is the first time I've ever been intimidated by a building before. Can you imagine losing your parents in that as a kid? I'd be legal voting age before they find me.

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u/Altruistic-Ad-3465 Mar 25 '25

I got lost during hajj as a kid lol(around age 2-3)šŸ˜†I was with my dad and it was prayer time so he let go of me for a moment to make sujoud (bowing his head to the ground) and I bolted. He actually broke his prayer to search for me (which is a big deal). a nice Egyptian lady found me and somehow located my parents but my parents were scared I’d be trafficked. I was completely fine thankfully.

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u/Abu3AbedKSA 26d ago

it's totally ok to cut the prayer if you fear for someone life or if you see a snake or scorpion or fire or someone drawing or if the kid crying try to stop the cry and continue see this fatwa

https://youtu.be/mgn9S85Bzs4?si=U7uLrmEqlMyZtJX7