Posted Aug 18, 2007, 10:53 PM
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Are Muslims outside of Saudi Arabia pissed off about this?
The Saudis are Wahhabist, and its a fundamental tenet of that sect to not be concerned with famous / important structures, buildings, objects, etc. They consider it a form of idolatry. So the Saudis probably don't care about building a supertall structure right next to one of the most holy sites in the Muslim world because it's just a building. But other Muslims might be, no?
Is there anyone here from the region who knows if this has been controversial?
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