Holy Cities Of Saudi Arabia: Mecca and Medina (Culture Documentary)
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- The two holy cities of Mecca and Medina give Saudi Arabia enormous religious power.
We follow the trail of the pilgrims, from the port of Jeddah to the Holy Kaäba. There is a call for a more moderate Islam, but do religious leaders really support this?
We follow the developments from the inside, through the eyes of the inhabitants themselves. Are they just empty promises or is Saudi Arabia actually able to change?
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Next time get a person who ain't too negative and biased.
Respect each country .
China can never be the same as usa which can never be the same as Saudi .
Respect Respect Respect
This wants everything to be according to his desires, You’ve got to agree with him or you’re wrong.
You mean Muhammed? I'd say you meant Islam itself but you put HIM so...
I love how the seller said "yes, it's perfect" while he looked like Shaquile O'Neal wearing a napkin lol
Lol!
Lol
I am really enjoying your work and find it very interesting. Keep up the great work!
A fabulous series, and I'm sorry there will only be one more episode.
Keep up the good work. Excellent storytelling.
i ask Allah to make me easy to get a wealth i can afford to take My parents to the pilgrimage.
and my self
amen yah Allah
the documentary presenter is being unjust in the way he asked questions, BIG turn off.
He has his own deep rooted prejudices. I have answered all his judgments in a separate comment.
Very interesting video on Mecca, Medina and Jeddah.
Fascinating documentaries to watch as an outsider.
Sinan Can is a lovely man, and a great journalist. I enjoyed these 2 videos from him.
Please don’t ask me about politics at all 😂
He wasn't havin it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
hahaha he got shut down
The documentary is off putting as the presenter is trying to involve politics into everything where the two holy cities have nothing to do with politics. Trying to find fault at everything.
Madinah was the first land ruled by shariah
A very interesting documentary. I enjoyed it!
Hope i
Thanks for the information
I loved KSA honestly the people were wonderful folk 🇬🇧
He says these people scare him but really he scare me with his sprayed of misinformation.
Keep up the good work!!! You guys make really good documentaries, it is a great way to understand different ways of thinking and cultures.
God Bless my brothers 🇸🇦🤝🇱🇾.
I wasnt expecting those high rises right there either. And Rolex etc
Nice Documentary
Subhanallah alhamdulillah Allah o akbar
Mahshallah ❤
Interesting
Very interesting
Thank you.
The mosque of the Prophet is not the first place where Muhammad prayed. Before that Muhammad prayed in his home, at the Kaaba, in the cave, in the desert, even on top of the came. It's just the first building used for worship purposes.
Yes .In PETRA jordan
remember to write saw after the prophets name
Inshallah we all go one day
One baffling thing about Saudi is you are only a citizen if your dad is Saudi born
Fascinating! Love this reporter!!!! *doffs cap*
Many sufis do pilgrimage. He mistaken... Sufism is form of sunni islam. One of the 5 pillars of faith is hajj.
Yes it's funny they think Sufism is an Islamic sect lol
Greetings from South America!
México
Greetings.
@@SHurd-rc2go Mexico is located in North America
@@AnubisAnoup yeah, so? I was just adding the country where I am.
@@SHurd-rc2go No, worries.
39:07 Pilgrimage is one of the pillars of the religion and and I have never seen a suffi who didn't want to go to hajj to be honest throughout the whole documentary you came across as someone who hated the religion.
This channel is super anti Islam everything they post is trying to make a hit piece towards the religion.
Exactly. He seems more anti Islamic than sufi. I also have a sufi background, sort of. Although i don't consider myself one, I'm just Muslim. But its obvious the host doesn't know what he's talking about. May Allah guide him. Ameen.
@@youtubeowl9544 more like anti all religion in general a bit like an atheist. I was quite surprised when he said he was Muslim.
I think he only said it to enter Mecca. His tone makes me wonder if he's even a muslim but Allah knows best
@@user-pn9qp1sr3e so why do you watch
Thanks for that documentary...
It could have been better
Good effort
الحمد لله رب العالمين على نعمه الاسلام والإيمان ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
Brilliant documentary
I have watched all the 4 “documentaries”. It’s miraculous how this guy is making all the other stories in the background. Like someone says “Allah is the Greatest”, he turns around and says “you see, this guy is crazy”. It happened also with al-Wahhabis mosque and the guy that showed him that mosque. He left the guy talking and he’s turning around and saying “you see this guy is defending crimes committed on 9/11. He is doing this like we are all illiterate.
I am honestly disgusted by this journalist! Indeed.
And above all, they are deleting comments that they don’t like.
For sure, this one is going to be deleted any time soon.
Allah is One, Islam is the purest Religion.
Terrorists are not and will never be muslims!!!!
Is he Israeli?
Just curious why Islam is the “purest religion” what does that mean?
@@strnglhld it claims to be monotheism at its perfection. God without equals. And if disagree death and torture awaits.
@@josephbamborough7142
Quran 18:29 *{And say, “˹This is˺ the truth from your Lord. Whoever wills let them believe, and whoever wills let them disbelieve}*
Quran 2:156 *{There is NO compuIsion in islam}*
Quran 16:125 *{Invite ˹all˺ to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and kind advice, and only debate with them in the best manner. Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ knows best who has strayed from His Way and who is ˹rightly˺ guided.}*
Islam allows modernizations but not to the extent of changing the important and basic islamic values… because some values in Islam are considered to be basic and fundamental. Islam encourages modernization in a modest way and adheres to the modesty enshrined in the Noble Qur’an and the Prophetic Traditions.
Makkah is the purest land as it contains the Sacred House of Allah. And anything that goes against pure monotheism is considered impure to be introduced in the City. So non-Islamic place of worship are NOT allowed 🚫 at all.
I think you're confusing Makka with Sa'uudi 'Arabia, when the interviewed man talking (we cannot have two religions coexisting here "Jaziirat 'Arabia") meant Sa'uudi 'Arabia and not Makka! And considering that Sa'uudis wanted both Muslims and non-Muslims to work there, but non-Muslims are not allowed to build places of worship of their faith! Is that Islaamic too?
I'm honestly surprised it's so commercialized
it has to do with immense number of pilgrims, there needs to be rooms for all of them cause as you can see the qoutas can make people wait for decades
3:58 Instantly recognised this is the same man who showed Kate Humble around Jeddah in 2009 for the BBC documentary, "The Frankincense Trail"
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Who is the journalist?
The way dude is framing, trying hard to be seen bad ,even Saudi culture to be Islamic is very apparent to me..
Biggest lie I've ever seen, the START OF HARAM means the start of the holy mosque. He says non muslims not allowed
11:38..says it all about this journalist!!!.
I have watched all the 4 “documentaries”. It’s miraculous how this guy is making all the other stories in the background. Like someone says “Allah is the Greatest”, he turns around and says “you see, this guy is crazy”. It happened also with al-Wahhabis mosque and the guy that showed him that mosque. He left the guy talking and he’s turning around and saying “you see this guy is defending crimes committed on 9/11. He is doing this like we are all illiterate.
I am honestly disgusted by this journalist! Indeed.
And above all, they are deleting comments that they don’t like.
For sure, this one is going to be deleted any time soon.
Allah is One, Islam is the purest Religion.
Terrorists are not and will never be muslims!!!!
@@wanderncouple710 100% my bro
video banned in india so I'm using vpn
Why is it banned?
@@SuperBreaker7 honestly have no idea, tons of muslim indians go to arabia, our country consists of 30% muslims, yet its banned.
dont care.
@@jhondiick4202 is your dad JuanDiick??
@@jhondiick4202 are you a thug cuz 420
I've done watched all 4 episodes and I found it to be quite interesting and eye opening as an outsider. Appreciate the quality content, however, I must say this.
I'm going to be a bit skeptical of some of the claims that were made in this series. My reasoning for this scepticism is simple. I'm not a Saudi native or have worked there, I don't speak arabic so I can't tell how accurate the translations were, and I'm not a Muslim.
Please understand that this isn't an attack towards the presenter and creators of this series. It's just that everyone has a bias and an agenda, which is fine. As a newcomer to this, I'm being careful in how I'm digesting all of this info.
He's being used by the west
"I went to the West and saw Islam but no Muslims. I went to the East and saw Muslims but no Islam."
-Mohammad Abduh, egyptian Islamic reformist.
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Is the other way round ...lol...you can see muslims in the east but much less Islam...and you may see islam in the west but much less muslims ......
What a stupid non sensical statement.
This opinion is a LIE
@@Isaalicious lol...was a typing mistake ,.I obviously said "the oposite,for the wise one would get em thinking what the oposite would be to the initial comment...I've edited anyways...thanks for pointing out ...just the way you did sshiish ,not that my statement makes zero sense ,your attitude my sister 😵 0 value to you.....but your lmao does? Do u know what it mean SISTEEER? 🤫🤫🤫😉 SALAAM
round and round we go and where we're going nobody knows
20:10 which language is that?Persian or Jesus one
Fifth pillar of Islam, and Saudi Arabia gets to decide who gets to fulfill it.
Pretty evil to deny Muslims their religious rights
They denied freedom and any right to all other religions are you blind?
@@zeynabavraham8594 And you see no issue with murdering women and children all because their faith doesn't mix with yours and stealing their land.
@@IntrinsicPalomides stupid statement. Are you worried about the Hamas supporters? go help them!!
@@IntrinsicPalomides Stealing their land???????? so you know nothing about who lived there thousands of years before/ It was a country named Judea. Ignorant.
@@zeynabavraham8594 And who owned it prior to them? you do realise this land has changed hands over and over and over for thousands of years. So, it's you who clearly know nothing, ignorant. And it's quite telling you don't even deny murdering women and children, clearly you don't care.
Pilgrims come to see holy cities 😂🚮
No listen dude, Muslims go to perform hajj(Islamic fifth pillar of religion) even some of Saud Arabians perform every year. They don't go to see. The go to perfom their religious obligation
This guy is actually being very very negative in every sense when filing this. It's a very unfair portrayal of Saudi. Yes Saudi has issues but this guy is being unjust. And it also seems very unislamic or not very supportive and respectful of the religion. Bit of shame to not get an unbias filming with a neutral outlook.
So true thats what I was thinking soon as I started to watch!!!
Don't worry about people being negative about Islam ....
God is the protector and saviour
Just think about it
Muhammad PBUH stared as a single person in his mission
And look how many people are Muslim now all over the world
Isn't that facilitating ...People from east and west converting with no force
Just because it's the right life style for happiness ⚘
What is there to be positive about dunbass
@@zahramahde2096 shut up
It's been a theme for him since the 1st episode - You never know he may have bosses who are pushing for the negativity. Negativity sells I suppose
💜🎯
A religious requirement but limited by a quota with a waiting list of decades. Make that make sense.
It's quite easy actually. In order to keep order and everyone safe, they need to regulate how many visitors. It enables the Muslims to enjoy their trip further as well.
SAfety, order and WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC 🙄
Safety. Imagine if a billion people in one city there would be no place to sit or stand.
Islam is seen as perfect and from god. If you believe that why should it change.
That being said certain things in modern life are not seen to conflict with the shariah, so it is permissible.
As new questions come up, scholars discuss to come to consensus. They think deeply and look for analogies from the past.
I agree of many of what you say, but radical changes are hard in saudi arabia as it is the holiest and most islamised region in the history of islam
25:32..as soon as he said he is a salafi and when he said music is halal..i knew i should skip what he is saying lmao
It's nice dress wear
The man was told ,the cave (thaur) ws were the prophet received revelations first.
Some mins later the same journalist came up with his ignorant statement , 'this is where Islam began' 😂😂🚮
La hawla Wala quwwata illa billah
I guess that the reason behind you trip is criticizing Saudi
Mecca is sacred place. this commercial side is just disgusting specially the tower clock
questions are asked in a provocative manner, is it to get views and likes?
Have I come here to here after?
How times have flown
Her time is up happy to have been
To the west how I see my heaven till all hundreds neve fall far from hunger
That throne to under today is that
To upwards
god bless America🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏾🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴
Religion creates such division and atrocities throughout the world ever since it began, a whole bunch of confusing nonsense in my opinion. To each is own tho.
"To disbelieve everything that man believes is my belief and to challenge even that in which I believe is my Religion"
Anyways…Islam is perfect.
@@esotericasf You're entitle to your opinion and belief
I have a Saudi flag on my wall. My walls are covered with flags.
makes u proud??
@@jhondiick4202 no ! When thousands to ppl revert to Islam by logic and reason that makes me proud :)
@@aliahmedmir913 You barely have a grasp on the English language, yet are arrogantly proclaiming early victory. Allah would be proud!
@@Ragerian as if English has anything to do with islam...
@@VibingShawol Using the English language and the evil Westerner's technology to espouse how great you are definitely is all about Islam.
It’s just a shame it’s not open to everyone… aside from religion, Mecca and Medina are among the most important historical places in the whole world, and everyone should be able to visit them, as for St. Peter. I’ve read that now it is accessible to non Muslims too, I have to inform myself better, it would be great! Anyway, the fact that some imams or people in Saudi Arabia are more open regarding veil for women and rights in general, or more tolerant towards non Muslims than people in others Muslim countries or Muslims that emigrated in the West, makes me reflect a lot
Medina is open to non-Muslims but you won’t be able to go within a distance of Masjid Al-Nabawi
This is not a culture documentary as the title says, you're just trying to put anything Islam in bad light
They sure litter that desert a lot for "Loving it".
The archaeological record must be mind blowing , but sadly closed off to non muslims
I can't imagine spending that much time, energy, or money on religion.
We don't take materialism much serious i hope you see the graveyards
Tell that to the Christian crusaders and British colonists and the church
I will with all my heart..Your opinion and mine.
@@RK-ep8qy , I don't understand it from them either.
@@ayalara929 , i don't take materialism seriously either. Nor do I take religion seriously
Very hòly and iþ is abeaùtýful àñd èxpensive plaçe.
THE FIRST MOSQUE IN THE WORLD IS IN ETHIOPIA 615 AD. TELL THE TRUTH
TRUTH SET YOU FREE
Whats up with "Dutch" Captions ? Cant read Dutch. Bye...
The presenter is tarnishing all the Muslims as terrorists even if the interviewees are condemning the acts of terrorism. Pathetic attitude
Long live his majesty King Salman
This was a very biased “documentary”. He calls himself a Muslim but he was asking smart alec questions
Lol that’s stupid when he said where kisses is edited out of movies.
Come on, now. Football is a sport some women like just like men
Hello Haji:-) You're VERY cute:-)
Both cities really are the Las Veges of The Orient.
yeah... except no alcohol, no gambling, no strip bars, no nudity, no prostitution, no bars, no night clubs. totally like las vegas.
The Saudi “Prince” must be hella pissed off 🤣🤣🤣
Hey macca my name is aleem i will like you it create thing withe ur hand used a finger point see your create in space air port
guy in glasses is the pakistani george bush
24:25 music is halal then what pork and alcohol !!!! both may became 2030 mbs plan
Music Is Haram so is pork and alcohol
@@ekko7014 we mean that things are being legal and illegal rapidly in saudi arabia
He is trying to make the West happy. This is not what Saudis want.
What happens when you ignore the one we should make happy and try to make the helpless creatures happy?
We lose.
God bless all.
Which god?
@@RhysBosley read the holly Bible.
@@Andrei-st7ozevn I will, I love plants and trees and flowers..thanks for the tip
Please stop being disrespectful of others beliefs. If you don't believe in God, then that's your problem. Did your mom not teach you that if you've got nothing nice to say, then don't say anything
@@shannonevans2076 WELL SAID !
"SAUDI" Arabia or ARABIA???
Her lips are the galaxies edged
24:23 DO U LIKE MUSIC?
RESPONDED IMAM OF THE MASJID AND SUPPOSED SCHOLAR
I PERSONALLY THINK ITS HALAL
WOW GREAT ANSWER
Some Arabs look so dark, others look extremely white (with red hair even). I wonder why there is such a difference.
I believe its because being an 'arab' is more of a culture than an ethnicity or a race nowadays. Although it could still be considered as any of those things by some. Kind of similar to being a 'westerner'.
70 percent of the people in the video are not Arab
@@mohaalyami9810 what a poposterous statement to make! How do you know that precisely 70 percent of the people in this film were not Arab? What was your calculation for such a figure?
The native arabs have brown to whitish skin colors. There has been lots of migration from Africa for thousands or years and most them have assimilated into the arab culture now and are part of Saudi arabia, hence the difference in skin colors.
The presenter is very bias and makes passing derogatory remarks about the pilgrims, their intentions and beliefs. He is not open-minded or looking to understand islam. Some of the information he shares is not accurate and he tries to push people to comment politically. Why was he allowed entry to a sacred place???
the country does not need to change. in fact, all these commercial changes to begin with are awful. leave tradition and religion laws alone. islam does not allow for 2 or more religions in mecca. WHY would you challenge that principle?
Enough
One shouldn't go to Mecca just for the sake of it
Qurashees jahiliina ah rer boqar wuu diideya nine aqwaani cadawo 1aada ah nine rer boqar xaramaka alle rashulkeena scw diinta udhiibteya jamac garanawaaye masuulka deyacadeena ficiltameesa dada ku baabiye nine aqwaani cadawo isralii dulga America ku adeegasato aduunayada ku faano xooga badan yahaya America 🇺🇸 maxaa ka galeya dulmi boqorkii wiilka dilaya ah elehe ku baabiye taasa mida akaye dhaxala sugaha siyaasada ku faragalaso diinta muslina ku qiyaano ku ficitamayo qaasa ulehe aabihii ku ficilka ku sameeya taasa rer boqortooyo horesaya waaye baabiyo taasa alle kule xisaabtamayo masuulka dacwada quraanka alle xaramaka alle abiyada alle quruxiisa rashulkeena scw diinta udhiibteya jamac garanawaaye masuulka qiyaano ku sameeya taasa alle cadakiisa goosana abaliisa cadawo ah alle
What languagebis the reporter speaking? Its a LOT off Ghhh and bahhgg
Dutch.
This guy is desperately trying to look for faults but not much found so a completely flopped documentary.
Nice block of cement ... hey you Muslim ppl your block is in wrong place ... that's not original site ...
least delusional westerner
@@dom1abc1mbc its true buddy they put the block in wrong place ... research buddy research... the Koran states one thing and physical evidences where its at just don't add up ... look at the ancient mosque the point of worship is not facing the block .... research buddy ...
@@notsure7938 lmao so sure about it too.
@@notsure7938
Meanwhile the Quran be like: 48:24 and 3:96 references Mecca... 14:37 also proves this.. there is also the fact u have to deal with the sahaba and the caliphate who stationed in Mecca and the madina, or the fact that the Quraish and values other tribes are meccans... does the zamzam well ring any bells?, yep, last time I checked, it was and still it in Mecca.
The mosque in Cordoba faces the Sahara... these are miscalculations my muslims similarly to the mosque in Iraq which Gibson likes to reference alot.
That's black cube buddy always excited in Mecca, because it wasn't built in the 20th century.. it's was built since prophet Abraham.
Forget Gibson.. use brain.
Bias reporting.
all kinds of mosques in canada..why is that?????????????????????????????
As a saudi who visited Canada multiple times, one of things i loved the most in Canada is the tolerance and democracy and the fact i can go to mosque, why would you want that to change?
@@House.H tolerance? i lived there and the muslim association mural in my UNI kept bein vandalized over and over
Ahahahah, Inshallah more mosques to come 😍
TELL THE TRUTH THE FIRST MOSQUE IN THE WORLD IS IN ETHIOPIA
No, it's in Mecca, it's called al-haram al-sahrif builded by Prophet Abraham
Religion of peace. They love democracy, human rights and jews. Or did I get all of that wrong? ;-)
Why are you islamphopic 🤔
@@ayalara929 I am not suffer from phobia. I just dislike a religion that is incredibly backwards. All countries where this barbaric religion rules we see lack of human rights, democracy, freedom of speech and poor schools and bad universities. What is there to like with such a bad religion founded by a warlord who had slaves and took a 8 year old as his wife?
@@dpie4859 do some research before putting false accusations on the internet. Islam is the best relegion with the most respect for human rights a religion where people started making universities and make people getting more knowledge and soooo much more things. But if you want to discuss the people who practice this religion then it's most likely like every other person in every other religion that they do things wrong. That's not because of the religion thats because of how some muslims mix their culture with religion what is totally wrong. You don't like a country like Saudi Arabia probably of how they mixed their culture with their religion because if you did research or knew a person who practices islam like how it's supposed to be practiced then nobody would have a problem with islam. You dislike the people who rule that country but because some of them are bad people does not mean islam is bad. If you took your time doing some research you would be surprised of how peaceful this religion is.
Human rights, initially drafted by countries that were still literally colonizing the 3rd world countries and enslaving its people.
Jews...that were literally genocided by westerm powers.
Get out of here.
Is this how the chosen people perceive other religion and people? Then your chooser must be Antichrist