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Destroying naturer killed Mother Earth. Technological excellence,, environment, man is committing matricide
By
destroying nature, environment, man is committing matricide, having in a way
killed Mother Earth. Technological excellence, growth of industries, economical
gains have led to depletion of natural resources irreversibly. Indifference of
the grave consequences, lack of concern and foresight have contributed in large
measures to the alarming position. In the case at hand, the alleged victim is
the flora and fauna. The forests in the area are among 18 immediately
recognized “Hotspots” for bio-diversity conservation in the world.
‘Environment’
is a difficult word to define. Its normal meaning relates to the surroundings,
but obviously that it is a concept which is relocatable to whatever object it is
which is surrounded. Einstein had once observed, “The environment is everything
that is n’t me”. About one and half century ago, in 1854, as the famous story
goes the wise Indian Chief of Seattle replied to the offer of the great. White
Chief in Washington to by their land. The reply is profound. It is beautiful.
It is timeless. It contains the wisdom of the ages. It is first over and the
most understanding statement on environment. The whole of it is worth quoting
as any extract from it is to destroy its beauty.
“How
can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us.
If we
do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you
buy them?
Every
part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every
sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every cleaning and humming insect is
holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through
the trees carries the memories of the red man.
The
white man’s dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among
the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it mother of the red
man. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are
our sisters, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky
creats, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and man-all
belong to the same family.
The
Great lord will reserve us a place so that we can live comfortably to
ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children. So we will
consider your offer to buy our land. But it will not be easy. For this land is
sacred to us.
This
shining water moves is the stream and rivers is not just water but the blood of
our ancestors. If we sell you land, you must remember that it is sacred, and
you must teach your children that is sacred and that each ghostly reflection in
the clear water of the lakes tells of event and memories in the life of people.
The water’s murmur is the voice of my father’s father.
The
rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst. The river carry our canoes,
and feed our must remember, and teach your children, that the river are our
brothers, and yours and you must hence forth give the kindness your would give
any brother.
We
know that the white man does understand our ways. Our portion of land is the
same to him as the next, for he is a strange who comes in the night and takes
from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother but his enemy and
when he has conquered it, he moves on. He leaves his father’s graves behind,
and he does not care.
He
kidnaps the earth from his children. His father’s grave and his children’s
birth right are forgotten. He treats his mother, the earth, and forgotten. He
treats his mother, the earth, and his brother, the sky, as things to be bought,
plundered, sold like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will devour the earth
and leave behind only a desert.
I do
not know. Our ways are different from your ways. The sight of your cities pains
the eyes of red man. But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does
not understand.
There
is on quiet place in the white man’s cities. No place to hear the unfurling of
leaves in spring or the rustle of in insect’s wings. But perhaps it is because
I am a savage and do not understand. The clatter only seems to insult the ears.
And what is there in life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the
whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around a pond at night? I am a red
man and do not understand. The prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over
the face of a pond, and the smell of the wind itself, cleansed by a mid-day
rain, or scented with the pinon pine.
The
air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast,
the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to
notice the air he breathes. Like a man lying for many days, he is numb to the
stench. But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the air is precious
to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. The wind
that gave our grandfather his first breath also receives the last sign. And if
we sell you land, you must keep it apart and sacred as a place where even the
white man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow’s flowers.
So we
will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide to accept. I will make
one condition. The white man must treat the beasts of this land as his
brothers.
I am a
savage and I do not understand any other way. I have seen thousand rotting
buffaloes on the prairie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing
train. I am a savage and I do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be
important than the buffalo that we kill only to stay alive.
What a
man without beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great
loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man.
All things are connected.
You
must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes do our
grandfathers, so that they will respect the land. Tell your children that the
earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have
taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the son of the earth. If man spit upon the ground, they spit upon
themselves.
This
we know: The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. This we
know: All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All
things are connected.
Whatever
befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not wave the web of
life; he is merely a stand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to
himself.
Even
the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as friend to friend cannot be
exempt from the common destiny. We may be brother after all. We shall see. One
thing we know, which the white man may one day discover-our God is the same
God. You may think now that you own him as you wish to own our land; but you
cannot. He is the God man, and his compassion is equal for the red man and the
white. This earth is precious to him, and to harm the earth is to heap contempt
on the creator. The white too shall pass perhaps sooner than all other tribes.
Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
But in your perishing you
will shine brightly, fried by the strength of the God who brought you this land
and for some special purpose gave you dominion over this land and over the red
man. That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the wild
buffaloes are slaughtered, the wild horse are tamed, the secret corners of the
forest heavy with scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills blotted by
talking wires. Where is the thicket? Gone, where is the eagle? Gone. The end of
living and the beginning of survival.”
It
would be hard find out such dawn to earth description of nature. “Nature hates
monopolies and knows no exception. It has always some leveling agency that
puts the overbearing, the strong, the rich, the fortunate substantially on the
same ground with all others” and Zarathustra. Environment is poly centric and mulch-facet problem affecting the human existence. The Stokholm Declaration of
United Nation on Human Environment, 1972, reads its Principle No. 3, inter
alia, thus:
“Man
has the fundamental right to freedom, equality, and adequate condition of life.
In an environment of equality that permits a life of dignity and well being and
bears a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for
present and future generations.”
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ENERGY IS COUPLED WITH A TRIPLE BONDS ( ELECTRON) , PROTON AND NEUTRONS ), THE SHEER ROARS LOUDLY ( OM IN DENSE FOREST UPON HILLS), THE MIGHTY (OMNIPRESENT, OMNISCIENT AND OMNIPOTENT) HATH ENTERED
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( CREATION ON THIS EARTH) . RIG 4-53-8. SEEDS IN THE SEQUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE IS SOVEREIGN SCIENCE. THE CREATION IS WORKING AS A SYSTEM.. THEIR ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC MODELS OF DNA MICRO BODIES ARE HIDDEN IN SYMBOLS . THUS PARTICLES ADHESION IS SINGLE UNIFIED FORCE THEORIES. HIGG'S AND BELLS IN 1972.DISCOVERED THAT THE LIFE ORIGINATED THROUGH CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION. . LIGHT ENERGY IS CONVERTED INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY THE GREEN PLANTS. CHARGED PARTICLES WITH OPPOSITE CHARGED PARTICLES BINDS ITS TOGETHER TO PRODUCE ATOMIC .ELECTRON. THE NEGATIVE CHARGED PARTICLES ARE ELECTRONS. PROTONS. ARE POSITIVELY CHARGES WHILE NEUTRON ARE HAVING MASS ENERGY ROTATING FROM CENTRIFUGAL AND CENTRIPETAL FORCES) . THUS THE CHANGE OF SEASONS ARE THROUGH DIFFERENT SEASONS ( TROPOSPHERE. MESOSPHERE , STRATOSPHERES IONOSPHERES AND MAGNETOSPHERE). IT CREATES CLIMATES ON THIS EARTH. THE V I B G Y O R CONTROLS PLANETS. THUS ATTRACTION FROM PLANETS CREATE THE PERSONALITY-OF INDIVIDUAL. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD COMING FROM THE ATTRACTIONS OF FROM MOON CREATES THE MENTAL FRAMEWORK.THUS THERE IS NOTHING WITHIN OUR CONTROL. WE ARE GUIDED BY NATURAL SEQUENCES THROUGH ONE AFTER ANOTHER THOUGHTS. THOUGHT ARE INTOXICANTS AND ARE CULT OF RELIGION.THUS MAN CREATES ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE POSSESS BY HIM.. THIS IS IDENTIFICATION AND CAUSE OF CONFLICTS.
( CREATION ON THIS EARTH) . RIG 4-53-8. SEEDS IN THE SEQUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE IS SOVEREIGN SCIENCE. THE CREATION IS WORKING AS A SYSTEM.. THEIR ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC MODELS OF DNA MICRO BODIES ARE HIDDEN IN SYMBOLS . THUS PARTICLES ADHESION IS SINGLE UNIFIED FORCE THEORIES. HIGG'S AND BELLS IN 1972.DISCOVERED THAT THE LIFE ORIGINATED THROUGH CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION. . LIGHT ENERGY IS CONVERTED INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS BY THE GREEN PLANTS. CHARGED PARTICLES WITH OPPOSITE CHARGED PARTICLES BINDS ITS TOGETHER TO PRODUCE ATOMIC .ELECTRON. THE NEGATIVE CHARGED PARTICLES ARE ELECTRONS. PROTONS. ARE POSITIVELY CHARGES WHILE NEUTRON ARE HAVING MASS ENERGY ROTATING FROM CENTRIFUGAL AND CENTRIPETAL FORCES) . THUS THE CHANGE OF SEASONS ARE THROUGH DIFFERENT SEASONS ( TROPOSPHERE. MESOSPHERE , STRATOSPHERES IONOSPHERES AND MAGNETOSPHERE). IT CREATES CLIMATES ON THIS EARTH. THE V I B G Y O R CONTROLS PLANETS. THUS ATTRACTION FROM PLANETS CREATE THE PERSONALITY-OF INDIVIDUAL. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD COMING FROM THE ATTRACTIONS OF FROM MOON CREATES THE MENTAL FRAMEWORK.THUS THERE IS NOTHING WITHIN OUR CONTROL. WE ARE GUIDED BY NATURAL SEQUENCES THROUGH ONE AFTER ANOTHER THOUGHTS. THOUGHT ARE INTOXICANTS AND ARE CULT OF RELIGION.THUS MAN CREATES ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE POSSESS BY HIM.. THIS IS IDENTIFICATION AND CAUSE OF CONFLICTS.
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The last ten years have seen an increase in the demolition of sites in Mecca and Medina.
Criticism of policy regarding
religious heritage sites The last ten years have seen an increase in the demolition
of sites in Mecca and Medina. As the annual Hajj continues to draw larger
crowds year after year, the Saudi authorities have deemed it necessary to raze
large tracts of formerly residential neighborhoods around the two mosques to
make way for tourism-related infrastructure. Opposition to the phenomenon
discussed in this stub has been limited but vocal. While many believe that the
loss of the old-world character of the two cities is the inevitable result of
progress and much needed modernization, others worry that the anonymous steel
and concrete façade that is reshaping the sites is detracting from the cities’
spiritual purpose. With nearly 20 million pilgrims expected to visit Mecca in
the coming years[when?],
developers are forecasted to spend an estimated $13 billion on the largest
expansion project in the city’s history. While there is widespread agreement for the need of
facilities that can accommodate greater numbers of pilgrims, the development of
upscale hotels and condominium towers, restaurants, shopping centers and even
two luxury spas.[9]
has caused some to criticize the over-commercialization of a site which many
consider to be a Divinely ordained sanctuary for Muslims (the very meaning of
the Arabic word “Haram” is “sanctuary”). The rapid influx of capitalist
investment in Mecca and Medina leads many to believe that money and economic growth
are ultimately the bottom line for Saudi authorities. A proposition which
critics argue works hand in hand with Wahhabi state policy that looks to impose
a massive cultural and social deletion within the Holy Cities, erasing any
elements that give way to practices that go against the Wahhabi creed. Destroyed sites In 1801 and 1802, the Saudi Wahhabis under Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud attacked and captured the holy Shia cities of Karbala
and Najaf
in Iraq, massacred parts of the Muslim population and destroyed the tombs of Husayn ibn Ali who is the grandson of Muhammad, and son of Ali (Ali bin Abu Talib), the son-in-law
of Muhammad. (see: Saudi sponsorship mentioned previously) In 1803 and 1804 the Saudis captured
Makkah and Medina and destroyed historical monuments and various holy Muslim
sites and shrines, such as the shrine built over the tomb of Fatimah,
the daughter of Muhammad, and even intended to destroy the grave of Muhammad
himself as idolatrous, causing resentment throughout the Muslim World. Below is
an incomplete list of destroyed sites Mosques The mosque at the grave of Sayyid
al-Shuhada’ Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib.
The Mosque of Fatima Zahra. The Mosque of al-Manaratain. Mosque and tomb of Sayyid Imam al-Uraidhi ibn Ja‘far al-Sadiq, destroyed by dynamite on August 13, 2002.. Four mosques at
the site of the Battle of the
Trench in Medina. The Mosque of Abu
Rasheed. Salman al-Farsi Mosque, in Medina. Raj'at ash-Shams Mosque, in Medina.
Cemeteries and tombs Jannat al-Baqi in Medina, leveled, still open access for men only.Jannat al-Mu'alla, the ancient cemetery at Mecca. Grave of Hamida al-Barbariyya, the mother of
Imam Musa al-Kazim. Grave of Amina bint Wahb, Muhammad’s mother, bulldozed and set alight in 1998. Graves
of Banu Hashim in Mecca. Tombs of Hamza and other
martyrs were demolished at Uhud Tomb of Eve in Jeddah, sealed with concrete
in 1975. Grave of the father of Muhammad, in Medina Historical religious
sites The house of Mawlid where Muhammad is believed to have been born in
570. Originally turned into a cattle market, it now lies under a rundown
building which was built 70 years ago as a compromise after Wahhabi clerics
called for it to be torn down. The house of Khadija, Muhammad’s first wife.
Muslims believe he received some of the first revelations there. It was also
where his children Fatimah and Qasim were born. After it was rediscovered during the Haram
extensions in 1989, it was covered over and it was made into a library. House
of Muhammed in Medina, where he lived after the migration from Mecca. Dar al
Arqam, the first Islamic school where Muhammad taught. It now lies under the
extension of the Masjid Al Nabawi of Madinah. Qubbat’ al-Thanaya, the burial
site of Muhammed's incisor that was broken in the Battle of Uhud. Mashrubat Umm Ibrahim, built to mark the location of the
house where Muhammad’s son, Ibrahim, was born to Mariah.
Dome which served as a canopy over the Well of Zamzam Bayt al-Ahzan of Sayyida Fatima, in Medina. House of Imam
Ja'far al-Sadiq, in Medina. Mahhalla complex of Banu Hashim, in Medina. House
of Ali
where Hasan and Husayn
were born.
Muslim communities as far away as India, eventually led to abandoning any attempt on this site
These were leveled in their entirety. Mosques across the city were also targeted and an attempt was made to tear down Muhammad's tomb. Widespread vocal criticism of this last action by Muslim communities as far away as India, eventually led to abandoning any attempt on this site]. Political claims made against Turkish control of the region initiated the Ottoman-Saudi war (1811–1818) in which the Saudi defeat forced Wahhabi tribesmen to retreat from the Hejaz back into the interior. Turkish forces reasserted control of the region and subsequently began extensive rebuilding of sacred sites between 1848 and 1860, many of them done employing the finest examples of Ottoman design and craftsmanship. The tribal campaigns of Ibn Saud that led to the creation of the present Saudi Kingdom led once again to the Wahhabi dominance of the Holy Cities and environs. Ibn Saud along with his Ikhwan army entered Mecca in 1925 and officiated himself as King of the Hejaz the following year. The Ikhwan once again implemented Wahhabist literal interpretations of traditional texts and set to work demolishing sites and structures that had become objects of anti-orthodox heresy. On April 21, 1925 the mausoleums and domes at Al-Baqi’ in Medina were once again leveled and so were indicators of the exact location of the resting places of the Muhammad’s family members and descendants, as it remains to the present day. Portions of the famed Qasida al-Burda, the 13th Century ode written in praise of Muhammad by Imam Muhammed al-Busiri (1211–1294), inscribed over Muhammad's tomb were painted over. In Mecca, the tombs of direct relations of Muhammad including his first wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and his grandfather Shaybah Ibn Hashem Ibn ‘Abd Al-Manaaf were demolished at Al-Ma’ala Cemetery along with the domed cupola and gate covering the Well of Zamzam within the confines of the Haram opposite the Kaaba. Among specific sites targeted at this time were the graves of the Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud, including the grave of the renowned Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad and one of his most beloved supporters, the Mosque of Fatimah Al Zahraa’, daughter of Mohammad, the Mosque of the Two Lighthouses (Manaratayn) as well as the Qubbat Al-Thanaya,the cupola built as the burial place of Mohammad’s incisor tooth, which was broken from a blow received during the Battle of Uhud. Political stability inside the Kingdom and the flow of oil wealth garnered masses of Hajj pilgrims in unprecedented numbers, underlining the need for renovation and expansion of the two holy precincts at Makkah and Medina under both King Abdulaziz and his son King Fahd Ibn Abdulaziz. The expansion programs required the leveling of large tracts of residential districts and consequently the loss of many fine examples of traditional Hejazi urban architecture. More significantly, in order to expand the Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah, historic columns and cupolas supporting porticos built during Ottoman times had to be destroyed, removing fine examples of Ottoman Turkish design. In Medina, the Mashrubat Umm Ibrahim, the home of Mohammad’s Coptic Egyptian wife Mariah and birthplace of their son Ibrahim, as well as the adjacent burial site of Hamida al-Barbariyya, mother of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, were destroyed during this time. The site was paved over and is today part of the massive marble esplanade beside the Mosque. The first decade of the new century has seen the greatest obliteration of historic sites of religious significance. Demolition has begun (as yet unfinished) of the famous “Seven Mosques of Medina,” corresponding to Fatimah (daughter of Mohammad), Ali Ibn Abi Talib (cousin, son-in-law and fourth Caliph), Salman al Farisi (companion), Abu Bakr (companion), Umar Ibn al-Khattab (companion), Al-Fateh Mosque (built on the spot where Mohammad said the Quran was revealed to him) and the Mosque of the Two Qiblas (Qiblatayn). The House of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid in Makkah was demolished and paved over and several public protests were heard at the building of a public toilet on the same site[citation needed]. The house where Muhammad was born was converted into a library and was slated for demolition as part of an expansion project.Theological justification Islam’s core tenet is the recognition and worship of one supreme, non-Trinitarian God, which it shares with Judaism. Islam espouses the direct link between a believer and the God and rejects the intercession or the existence of a medium between the two. Although this position can be considerably more complex within the different schools and strains of Islamic theology, the conservative orthodoxy of Wahhabism adheres strictly and literally to this position and prefers to abide by a more narrow and safeguarded interpretation. The widespread demolition of gravesites, tombs, mausoleums, birthplaces, mosques or locations otherwise connected with the prophet Muhammad, his family and companions, pious individuals or important events in Islamic history after the Saudi conquest of the Hejaz was an attempt to eradicate non-orthodox practices that had become established in regional Islam during that time. The ongoing demolition of similar places until the present day may constitute the continued effort by Saudi authorities to safeguard Islamic monotheism against non-orthodox practices that are not recognized by Islam. Controversy arises because, like any theological issues, there are wide differences in opinion concerning orthodoxy, and with what constitutes acceptable Islamic practices and what does not. This is further compounded by the countless interpretations of Islamic theology that can be present in places such as Mecca and Medina, where millions of Muslim visitors from diverse regions and backgrounds of the Islamic World can congregate in the same space at any given time. Not in dispute Islam prohibits the deification of anything other than God and this includes the attributing of divine characteristics (such as all-encompassing power or the control or knowledge of human destiny) to anyone or thing other than God, including prophets and saints. Furthermore, there exist within the accredited traditions of Muhammad (Sunnah) several injunctions prohibiting the visitation of sites and more specifically the erecting of structures over graves such as mausoleums and Mosques. It is according to these specific orders from the Prophetic authority of Muhammad that Wahhabi and other orthodox Muslims devise the rulings that permit the demolition referenced above. Visitation of historical sites The orthodox view is that the visitation of mosques and historical sites in which Muhammad himself prayed during his lifetime other than the Prophet’s Mosque and the Quba’ Mosque in Medina, and claiming that doing so is an emulation of the Prophetic Sunnah—a valid act of worship and a recommended or virtuous act, is incorrect and there is no legal evidence based on Islamic sources that encourages it as such. The Muslim jurist Ibn Taymiyyah said the following regarding this matter: “The scholars of the early generations after the Prophet (Salaf) from amongst the people of Medina and elsewhere did not regard it as recommended (mustahabb) to visit any places in and around Medina after the Mosque of the Prophet, except for the Mosque of Quba’, because the Prophet did not specify any mosque to be visited apart from that.” [Majmu’ al-Fataawa } “Abu Bakr, Umar (Ibn al-Khattab), Uthman and Ali and all the predecessors of both the immigrants (muhajirun) and the Medinan supporters of the Prophet Muhammad (Ansaar) used to travel from Medina to Mecca to perform the Hajj and Umrah, or for other purpose. None of them said that he was keen to pray in the places where the Prophet had prayed. It is known that had this been recommended in their view, they would have been the first ones to do it, for they had more knowledge of the Sunnah and followed it more closely than anyone else." [Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem] It is also narrated in the Hadith that the companion of Muhammad, Al-Ma’rur ibn Suwayd said: “We went out with Umar ibn al-Khattab and we came across a mosque on our route. The people rushed to pray in the mosque, and Umar said, ‘What is the matter with them?’ They said, ‘This is a mosque in which the Prophet of God (Muhammad) prayed.’ Umar said, ‘O people, those who came before you were destroyed because they followed such practices until they made them places of worship. Whoever happens to be there at the time of prayer, let him pray there, and whoever is not there at the time of prayer, let him continue on his journey.’ [Classed as a sound narration by Ibn Taymiyyah’s in his Al-Majmu’ al-Fataawa ] Another source which is used to substantiate the right to remove sites and locales in which unorthodox practices take place is the narration attributed to the companion and Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab in which he “heard that some people were reported to be visiting the tree under which the Prophet Muhammad had accepted the oath of allegiance of a group of visitors, so he commanded that the tree should be cut down.” [Classed as a sound narration by the jurist and scholar Ibn Hajar in the Hadith collection titled Fath al-Bari ] When asked about the places to visit while in Medina, the late scholar and Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz ibn Baz said: “With regard to the Seven Mosques, the Mosque of the Two Qiblas (Masjid al-Qiblatayn) and other places which some people believe should be visited as part of the pilgrimage rituals; there is no basis for doing that. What is prescribed for the believer at all times is to follow the Sunnah and not to innovate.” [Fataawa Islamiyyah . Scholars of Islamic Jurisprudence have also used various principles within the methodological processes to arrive at the legal rulings that have sanctioned the removal of the sites and structures in question. The celebrated jurist and commentator of the Qur'an Ibn Al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya stated in his I’laam al-Muwaqi’een ‘an Rabb al-‘Aalameen that “Taking preventative measures is one-quarter of responsibility, for there are commands and prohibitions. The commands are of two types, one of which is the end in itself and other is the means to that end. And prohibitions are of two types, the thing that is prohibited because it is evil in and of itself, and the means that lead to that evil. So preventing the means that lead to that which is prohibited is one quarter of the religion.” Criticism of policy regarding religious heritage sites The last ten years have seen an increase in the demolition of sites in Mecca and Medina. As the annual Hajj continues to draw larger crowds year after year, the Saudi authorities have deemed it necessary to raze large tracts of formerly residential neighborhoods around the two mosques to make way for tourism-related infrastructure. Opposition to the phenomenon discussed in this stub has been limited but vocal. While many believe that the loss of the old-world character of the two cities is the inevitable result of progress and much needed modernization, others worry that the anonymous steel and concrete façade that is reshaping the sites is detracting from the cities’ spiritual purpose. With nearly 20 million pilgrims expected to visit Mecca in the coming years[when?], developers are forecasted to spend an estimated $13 billion on the largest expansion project in the city’s history. While there is widespread agreement for the need of facilities that can accommodate greater numbers of pilgrims, the development of upscale hotels and condominium towers, restaurants, shopping centers and even two luxury spas.[9] has caused some to criticize the over-commercialization of a site which many consider to be a Divinely ordained sanctuary for Muslims (the very meaning of the Arabic word “Haram” is “sanctuary”). The rapid influx of capitalist investment in Mecca and Medina leads many to believe that money and economic growth are ultimately the bottom line for Saudi authorities. A proposition which critics argue works hand in hand with Wahhabi state policy that looks to impose a massive cultural and social deletion within the Holy Cities, erasing any elements that give way to practices that go against the Wahhabi creed
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