Talk:Masjid al-Haram

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Could someone please edit the development section of this article. It contains the term " The death of the stupid, silly King Fahd " Uncalled for in an encyclopedia as it's blatantly someone's personal inflammatory opinion. --01:40, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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I came to this page and the page on Mecca looking for information on the events of Nov 20, 1979 when a group of Sunni Muslims barricaded themselves within the mosque for 15 days. But I can't seem to find information on this topic anywhere on Wikipedia, except for a brief reference in the biography of King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz. Can anyone who knows about this help and expand on this, either here or on the Mecca page?

Good point! I was looking for the same events today, and couldn't find a thing. Meanwhile, I seem to remember there used to be an extended Wikipedia article about those events. It is beyond imagination that such important events are missing from Wikipedia, so I wonder what happened. (25 April 2006)

--- is the mosque open during the non-hajj period? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.91.136 (talk) 23:36, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

74.89.56.83 (talk) 00:13, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

The Masjid is open year-round to Muslims.

Images

We have three images for this page. 2 are uknown copyright status, 1 is copyrighted, all are crap quality. I'm sure there have to be more sources so can anyone help remedy this? gren 19:35, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Regarding images, this website [1] has some computer generated images of the mosque, but I'm not sure if that's what you're really after. In fact (I just found this), it's excellent, as it's also got clickable panoramic views of the mosque. I'll put it in the external links. --Mpatel 10:59, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

I put up a new pic, The aerial view one, so adjust it as you like--Maliki 786 01:34, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes we need more images with correct licenses because they keep getting deleted. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 20:16, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Details

The article is very short considering it is highly important to a large part of human race. The information about Hajj is also only a small paragraph, while it should be at least four big paragraphs. More general details; like what is inside the mosque also seem to be absent. The history abruptly ends when it was constructed. Did nothing notable happen in all these centuries? The image High veiw.JPG seems to have a fake copyright license. The license says it is a work of US govt, but it is sourced from this page, that is copyrighted. The page mentions it is satellite image, but not all satellite images are US-govt works. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I understand the mosque is the largest in the world by quite some way... holding over a million worshipers... and details?? 82.22.68.162 00:48, 21 September 2006

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I would like to see some information about the most recent renovation of the mosque, as overseen by Mohammed bin Laden and his construction company. He should definitely be mentioned, because it is due to him that this mosque can now accommodate the millions of people per year that it does. Bonus Onus 05:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

74.89.56.83 (talk) 00:15, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Why does the date for establishment say 638 if it is spoken of during Muhammad's (pbuh) lifetime (he died in 632 AD) and by Ptolemy?

Makam Ibrahim

I can't find whether the article mentioned anything about Makam Ibrahim or not. Can anybody help? --TheEgyptian 21:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone wrote the seizure was by "Shia Islamic fundamentalists"

Make sure this won't happen again. --HanzoHattori 10:56, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

What are the domes?

I've been looking around for an answer to this question but haven't had any luck so far. Anyone know what the three domes are for? Do they have names? Do they serve a purpose? Is there something under them that's important? Thanks, Elonka 23:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Another way of writing the title is "Masjidil Haram"

It would be useful if this phrase is used for redirecting/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.74.135 (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and created the redirect. If anyone (that has an account) would like to make other redirects from alternate spellings, just add this to the appropriate page:

  #REDIRECT [[Masjid al-Haram]]{{R from alternative spelling}}

--Elonka 02:19, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

When was the Mosque actually made?

And when did construction start?--Steven X (talk) 15:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

74.89.56.83 (talk) 00:18, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

The "white part" of the mosque was built around the Ka'aba sometime in the Ummayyad period after Muhammad's (pbuh) lifetime and after the time of the Rashidun Caliphate, so probably circa 700 AD.

The Ka'aba existed as shrine long before the life of Muhammad (pbuh) and according to Islam, since prehistory (the time of Adem (pbuh)).

so its kinda like...

the St. Peter's of the Muslim world? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.33.92 (talk) 10:32, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Picture of pilgrim

I have removed the picture prominently showing a smiling pilgrim with a small Ka'bah in the background. This is entirely inappropriate for an encyclopedia as the focus is clearly upon the person and not the subject of the article. DO NOT replace this picture with out at least discussing the issues I have raised—Wikipedia is not a depository for tourist pictures. Xargon666x6 (talk) 22:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

74.89.56.83 (talk) 00:20, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

• Kind of*, only with the exception that pilgrimage to the Masjid is obligatory for an able Muslim.

How do the Saudis keep the Masjidul Haram clean?

Every time I look at the interior of the Masjidul Haram it looks immaculately clean. I simply cannot imagine hundreds if not thousands of workers polishing all of that marble pillars, capitals, architraves, stairs...the lift machinery to reach the heights of the columns and walls...it boggles the mind. AbdulHakeem1 (talk) 00:22, 18 August 2010 (UTC)