List of articles on the construction and destruction in the holy sites of Mecca and Madinah

 The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/mcmecca-the-strange-alliance-of-clerics-and-businessmen-in-saudi-arabia/274146/
 
 The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-photos-saudi-arabia-doesnt-want-seen--and-proof-islams-most-holy-relics-are-being-demolished-in-mecca-8536968.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html

New Republic:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/mecca-bucks

New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/16/120416fa_fact_peer

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/ask/2012/04/basharat-peer-mecca-hajj.html

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/letters/2012/04/30/120430mama_mail2

Omid Safi:


http://archives.religionnews.com/blogs/omid-safi/it-is-time-and-past-time-to-occupy-mecca-to-save-mecca

http://archives.religionnews.com/blogs/omid-safi/saudis-say-no-to-the-prophet-muhammad-yes-to-paris-hilton