At the center of Mecca is the largest mosque in the world, Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, which is where the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) resides and is the center of the Islamic world. This is the place that Muslims face to pray every day, and as a part of the core tenets of Islam, Muslims are required to visit this site at least once in their lives during the Hajj pilgrimage period. Because of this, the site sees up to 4 million people during the Hajj period every year, and is one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world.
The continued growth of Islam creates a need for more space for increasing crowds, and this is the proposal for accomodating those crowds:
The continued growth of Islam creates a need for more space for increasing crowds, and this is the proposal for accomodating those crowds:
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