Kudos Snapchat! Thousands of Muslims share stunning photos of Mecca live

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http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/mecca-live-snapchat-719568

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It is a sight previously unseen by any non-Muslim. But thousands have been granted an intimate insight into one of Islam's holiest nights when Muslims in Mecca shared short clips of themselves on Snapchat on Monday evening.

Muslims were able to collaborate and share personal videos of Mecca using Snapchat's Live Story feature, which collects submitted clips and splices them together before releasing the best footage to all 100 million Snapchat users.

The social media giant’s decision was prompted by an online campaign from hundreds of thousands of Saudi Muslims to live stream the event, the BBC reported over the weekend, under the hashtag ‘Mecca_live’.

It allowed a rare glimpse into Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed, for non-Muslims who are not allowed to enter one of Islam’s holiest cities.

[tammywammy]

1. That's a National Geographic documentary "Inside Mecca"

It follows four, I think, people making the Hajj. I thought when they circle the Kaaba was very moving. It's available on Netflix.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. They execute people like me there.

I'll take a pass. 'The pilgrimage to Dachau is so lovely!!!!'

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3. So... Snapchat shouldn't have done this story? (nt)

[LiberalElite]

4. PBS did a special on the

required Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. (I forget what they call it.) I'm glad I'm not Muslim. I absolutely could not deal with being in a humongous mob like that.