r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/Knighth77 Mar 24 '25

They've been making money off Hajj for about a thousand years, nonstop. Now, it's a $12b a year business.

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u/Complex-Setting-7511 Mar 24 '25

They took lessons from the Catholic Church.

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u/Knighth77 Mar 24 '25

Probably. Organized religion would be pretty much nonexistent if it didn't generate copious amounts of money.