Comments on: China to build a high-speed railway between Mecca and Medina

By: Atif C.

Atif C. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:38:45 +0000

“but they couldn’t award this contract to a Muslim Nation… Oh yeah, wait we don’t make anything:(”

I beg to differ brother…have you heard of the world-famous Bangladeshi architect Fazlur Khan?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlur_Khan#List_of_buildings

Among his many famous accomplishments (John Hancock Center, Sears Towers), he also designed the Hajj Terminal in Jeddah. Clearly there IS abundant talent of all stripes in the Muslim world…it’s just up to our ummah to support it and utilize it to its fullest potential.

By: Genghis Khanage

Genghis Khanage — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:23:20 +0000

Awais your naivity scares me! China does all those nice things for you because they’re taking your oil. And do you think China isn’t selling weapons to the Hindus. You should read what the Chinese are funding in Sudan against African muslims…friend indeed! Read more!

By: AWAIS

AWAIS — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:19:31 +0000

China is a friend of Islam and i am from Pakistan .
China is best friend of Pakistan and gave us all the
weapons which we used against (Hindus) India.
In Pakistan china construct DAMS ,PORTS ,MOTORWAYS Everything .
WE Pakistani Like CHinease and happy to hear that China construct
Fast Train links Mecca and Madina.

By: PETER

PETER — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:33:48 +0000

Dear sir
I am a project manager experienced at HSR project management and contract management,please contact with me ,I expect join the KSA HSR project.

By: Fareed

Fareed — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:59:18 +0000

The reason why it was given to China is because of that black gungey stuff that flows under the earth. You’ll find China doing infrastructure work all over the muslim world-notably Arab countries ,West Africa and Sudan. This is because the Chinese have next to no oil and need every drop they can get their hands on; they’ll often do this by offering to do infrastructure work,build palaces for rulers (i.e. Sudan), and offer expertise that our lacking in a given country,aswell as providing very unpleasant weapons to kill people that are living above the oil (Sudan once again). A note on mosques built by non muslims in the Gulf states..they’re bloody hideous!

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:13:29 +0000

And its a historical fact that non muslim architects have helped in previous restorations/renovations of the two mosques.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:41:36 +0000

Yeah lets all do our own interpretations of hadiths, because we know better than scholars.

I might ask Habib Umar what he thinks about the hadith next week. And see what he says.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:37:28 +0000

^ If its not being breached by having foreign dignitaries come to KSA, its not going to be breached by having foreign construction workers.

PS. Do a bit a research on who has done the renovations on the mosques.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:55:41 +0000

“Also, I don’t see how you can say that the bedouin Saudis were placed upon their thrones. Again, it seems you need to read up on your history, as Ismaeel mentioned. King Abdulaziz fought and founded his kingdom himself, and not by the hands of any Western overlords that you implied.”

Who….Gave….Them….weapons….to…..”found”….KSA….

Comparing the Uthmani rulers to rebels who give themselves titles is a grave insult.

By: genieyclo

genieyclo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:45:28 +0000

@Farzana:
Contrary to what you said, I don’t see how the Ottomans “preserved” much. They just led a laissez-faire attitude to much of the Muslim world which they “ruled” (not true, they only actually administered a few core areas around the coast of the Red Sea, Egypt, Turkey, and Shaam, and even this fell into disrepair as the Old-Man of Europe slowly decayed).

Also, I don’t see how you can say that the bedouin Saudis were placed upon their thrones. Again, it seems you need to read up on your history, as Ismaeel mentioned. King Abdulaziz fought and founded his kingdom himself, and not by the hands of any Western overlords that you implied.

Muslims only fared well under any Khilafa as long as it provided for the people and ruled them justly. The Ottomans were quite lacking in this in their last centuries.

Personally, and as Ismaeel said, I think that the Haramain are being kept under much better care now under the Saudis than they were under the Ottomans. That you can just brush away all the work and renovation that’s been done to them, all the organization and systematic control which keeps it functioning so well is just ludicrous.

Again, read up.