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What They Never Told You About Historical Mecca of 1800s

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Historical eyewitness accounts from the 1800s reveal a very different picture of Mecca than what most people imagine today. These written records describe racia

Historical eyewitness accounts from the 1800s reveal a very different picture of Mecca than what most people imagine today.
These written records describe racial hierarchy, social inequality, and even prostitution operating — and being taxed — during Hajj in Islam’s holiest city.
In this video, Hatun look directly at those historical sources and ask:
How does a city called “holy” profit from moral corruption during the most sacred Islamic ritual?
And what does that tell us about religion, transformation, and true holiness?
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Arabia (1829) and edited by William Ouseley