Ever wondered where the antipode of Mecca was? Luckily, someone else did the math (though they kind of cheated)
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Emmerich reveals fear of fatwa axed 2012 scene
Roland Emmerich, the director of the ‘end of days’ disaster movie, had wanted to depict the destruction of Islam’s holiest site, but was persuaded not to.
He blew up the Empire State Building and the White House in Independence Day, sent a giant monster careering through the heart of Manhattan in Godzilla and destroyed the famous Hollywood sign in The Day After Tomorrow. But it seems there are places even Roland Emmerich will not go – the German film-maker has revealed he abandoned plans to obliterate Islam’s holiest site on the big screen for fear of attracting a fatwa.
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200 mosques aren’t facing Mecca… in Mecca.
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plimfix
I am against war, not least because it is rarely a viable political solution. But in my dreams, there is one victorious battle I fear I might approve of. It would be the victory whereby a pious Muslim army, independent of the West or any specific nation and led by Sufis (yes, there have been Sufi soldiers), ceases control of Makka and Medina. This is just one reason why.
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Saudi ‘Obama’: First Black Imam of Mecca. Imam of Grand Mosque does not mind being compared to US President, praises King Abdullah for appointing him.
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A bizarre suggestion: that Obama should go to Mecca. Since he’s not muslim, I repeat, since he IS NOT MUSLIM, going to Mecca is a moot point anyway. But suppose he actually were for some reason allowed to go. Wouldn’t this cement the “Obama = muslim” meme forever?
(via Larison)
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Meccahattan: Mecca’s new crop of 130 skyscrapers.
Mr. Moo quotes poetry by way of admonition.
UPDATE – I did not weep for Bamiyan.
