The destruction of Mecca: Saudi hardliners are wiping out their own heritage - Independent Online Edition > Middle East

The destruction of Mecca: Saudi hardliners are wiping out their own heritage - Independent Online Edition > Middle East: "Historic Mecca, the cradle of Islam, is being buried in an unprecedented onslaught by religious zealots. Almost all of the rich and multi-layered history of the holy city is gone. The Washington-based Gulf Institute estimates that 95 per cent of millennium-old buildings have been demolished in the past two decades."