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Monday, June 11, 2012

Changing The Face of Makkah : The Satan is back, Destroying Islam, Islamic World News, NewAgeIslam.com

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Changing The Face of Makkah : The Satan is back, Destroying Islam

Changing The Face of Makkah

Cairo- Saudi Arabia is crafting plans to expand Al-Masjid Al-Haram, Islam's holiest shrine, and redesigning the holy city of Makkah in a major project that aims to change the face of the holy city.

"The main objective of the design studies is to enrich our discourse on how we should address the future architecture of the Haram and its growth," a source close to the project told the British weekly Architects' Journal.

Saudi Arabia has assigned 18 of the world's best architects with making designs to "establish a new architectural vision" for the 356,800m2 Al-Masjid Al-Haram complex.

"These design exercises in addition to other investigations will be subject to an exhibition to his Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz by the end of the month," the source said.

The top-secret plans focus on expanding Al-Masjid Al-Haram and its surrounding area.

Under the plans, the capacity of the holy mosque will be increased in the first phase to cater for 1.5 million worshippers from only 900,000 at present.

The mosque's capacity will later go up to three million worshippers with the completion of several phases over the following five to 10 years.

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