Why aren't non-Muslims allowed to visit Mecca? I'm a non-Muslim male and I've love to be able to visit... I'm big into history and I'd love to see the city that is considered among the most holy in the world. I just don't know why I'm not allowed to visit. There's no rule saying that Muslims can't visit Rome, so why can't I visit Mecca?
I’m going to try and explain this in the least mean way possible, but I apologize greatly if it comes off the wrong way. Mecca isn’t a museum. It’s not a place where people go and look at history. It’s not somewhere tourists go to travel.
It’s a place that millions of people save up money for their entire lives to go see each year. It’s a place where people go and complete an obligatory pilgrimage. A place that Muslims are required to go to if they are given the ability to do so so. The devotion some of these people have to God is so admirable–sleeping in the mosque and worshiping day and night. It’s a place that holds significant value for Muslims, and they fight to be able to see it.
Mecca is a place that is for people who are invested in it spiritually, and I don’t think comparing it to the Vatican is fair in the slightest. It’s not a place for tourists.
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