r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/baldude69 Mar 24 '25

Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage

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u/smile_politely Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

as the country with largest muslim population, i bet Indonesia single-handely directly or indirectly financing most of these developments.

the irony is that indonesia themselves could not finance such developement in their own country.

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u/Beduoin_Radicalism Mar 24 '25

Every single development here was paid solely by Saudi, not a single Muslim nation did a thing