Defacing Mecca

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Re: Defacing Mecca

@Med911

In Islam, we go out of our way to avoid temptations to our Iman. Men and women pray seperately, women must wear burqa or hijabs, we ban alcohol from being sold because we believe it will challenge our Imaan , and the list goes on.
Yet Glitz and glamor in mecca is something we should accept!?!?! Doesn’t seem to jive with the Islam as most of us know it.
Islam generally bans, or at the very least, warns us to avoid that which is a danger to our Iman, and that includes immodest extravagances like this one in Mecca.

By the way Mr Islamic expert, you do know that modesty is a virtue in Islam dont you? What is modest about this project?

Again hyperbole. If a replica of Big Ben in Mecca tempts you, your iman is weak to start off with. That is not the fault of the Saudis, but a personal characteristic that can not be fixed. If you live in the West you are tempted day in and day out. Bars, clubs and the rest. Yet you and I both visit them on a regular basis and well my iman stays strong. Yet a clock tower in Mecca tempts you.