Saudi Arabia Built a $16BN Clock Tower

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  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  Місяць тому +233

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    • @Tod_oMal
      @Tod_oMal Місяць тому +35

      Convert to Islam just for the business project?
      Isn't that an offense in itself?

    • @s1nb4d59
      @s1nb4d59 Місяць тому +12

      The irony because they are coping of an english clock.

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j Місяць тому +10

      @@Tod_oMal not really. Muslims aren't allowed to question the sincerity of any revert. That is for god to judge

    • @jluu119
      @jluu119 Місяць тому +13

      All of this for stupid organized religion and the vanity of one family. I’m sure it’s all for the purpose of serving Allah. Right!!!

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 Місяць тому +2

      @@jluu119 Blasphemy...

  • @LONE_WOLF_GANG
    @LONE_WOLF_GANG Місяць тому +4050

    As a Muslim and an Arab, I'm against the BS conversion of those engineers to Islam...it makes us look bad, and it's not a genuine conversion.

    • @stm91
      @stm91 Місяць тому

      Kind of fits with the site itself being turned into some perverse religious las Vegas. They tore down historic sites to build all this overcompensating garbage around it.

    • @bikesrcool_1958
      @bikesrcool_1958 Місяць тому

      Duh, as a Christian I’m so confused, we don’t want you to convert just to see the Vatican. But I guess it’s just government laws

    • @JAYX-
      @JAYX- Місяць тому +183

      Journalist is a hater but people in comments actually believe it

    • @davefarmery8180
      @davefarmery8180 Місяць тому +335

      Religion of convenience

    • @JAYX-
      @JAYX- Місяць тому

      @@davefarmery8180 read the quran yourself and find out

  • @aleksmoylan8251
    @aleksmoylan8251 Місяць тому +8000

    Bold of you to assume people who watch a channel on construction haven't heard of a tall building.

    • @blazingmoose4207
      @blazingmoose4207 Місяць тому +87

      Fr hahaha

    • @Danyerman360
      @Danyerman360 Місяць тому +104

      😂😂😂😂 never heard of it wat a waste of money 💰

    • @danieljamesmead
      @danieljamesmead Місяць тому +120

      I haven't heard of it.

    • @majormayco
      @majormayco Місяць тому +105

      He means it doesn't feature much in skyscraper talks, which is true. There's even little info on it online.

    • @jeffreytan2948
      @jeffreytan2948 Місяць тому +68

      Well his not lying, I'm an architecture enthusiast and know very little about it

  • @JohnnyJamesGio
    @JohnnyJamesGio Місяць тому +7840

    Having to convert to a religion just because of work is crazy
    Edit: Okay, I never expected this many likes, thanks guys!

    • @manoz6194
      @manoz6194 Місяць тому +271

      It's not like you get branded lol

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j Місяць тому +833

      @@patrickstar6758 exactly. You're not forced to join.

    • @akeel6328
      @akeel6328 Місяць тому +493

      @@kaarisdeusette407 Yes. Alhamdulilah.

    • @Bean-c9y
      @Bean-c9y Місяць тому +364

      You mean ☪️ ult😂😂😂😂

    • @TarasBohdan
      @TarasBohdan Місяць тому

      ​@kaarisdeusette407 The islam is an totalitarian ideology. A death cult.

  • @pete6705
    @pete6705 Місяць тому +97

    Watching those guys walk out on the rails so high up makes all the nerves in my body shiver. I do not like heights

  • @jamoin3829
    @jamoin3829 Місяць тому +1318

    It's always great to have a meccanical clock.

    • @chemify
      @chemify Місяць тому +44

      underated comment

    • @markynio
      @markynio Місяць тому +25

      Please give this man a prize for the best comment

    • @GeekyMedia
      @GeekyMedia Місяць тому +11

      best comment lol

    • @tasee3511
      @tasee3511 Місяць тому +3

      lol but idk how is it suppose to be a living thing

    • @williamlangeii4012
      @williamlangeii4012 Місяць тому +5

      It's also nice to have autocorrect 😅😅

  • @aaron_k4787
    @aaron_k4787 Місяць тому +3516

    The building looks like something you would find in Las Vegas casino resort

    • @Secretlyanothername
      @Secretlyanothername Місяць тому +382

      Both places are equally ridiculous

    • @patrickjeffers7864
      @patrickjeffers7864 Місяць тому

      ​@@Secretlyanothernamedifference is Vagas is built to be ridiculous. That's it's m.o.

    • @matthewfrost3677
      @matthewfrost3677 Місяць тому +231

      Both are a money grab.

    • @GoodBaleada
      @GoodBaleada Місяць тому +62

      Except for the scale. Thats what surprises people about the US. Everything is actually so small lol. Except for their asses.

    • @LeydenAigg
      @LeydenAigg Місяць тому +86

      Tacky, and tasteless.

  • @jonnygzz1631
    @jonnygzz1631 Місяць тому +1977

    The construction workers without harnesses were making me so nervous😭😭😭

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H Місяць тому +205

      @@jonnygzz1631 like watching old films of builders in America who assembled the bridges and early high rise buildings.
      Walking around with a hammer in one hand and a beer bottle.

    • @jonnygzz1631
      @jonnygzz1631 Місяць тому +2

      @@STV-H4H oh yeah

    • @liamfoxy
      @liamfoxy Місяць тому +45

      I imagine they would consider it an honor to die in the pursuit of creating something like this for their religion

    • @nick-leffler
      @nick-leffler Місяць тому

      ​@@liamfoxyvery much this. And a lot of these countries don't care if workers die. They import them from cheap countries and just let the people work to death.

    • @fartamplifer
      @fartamplifer Місяць тому +104

      the Saudis don't care

  • @Muwaaaahid
    @Muwaaaahid 28 днів тому +145

    When the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was asked about the signs of the Final Hour, one of the signs he mentioned was:
    "When you see the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.”. When asked to elaborate further, the Prophet (ﷺ) said that they are from the Arabs.

    • @lilo6
      @lilo6 25 днів тому +11

      هذا اخبار عن حاله ومن معجزات الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم...وليس ذم او انتقاص ياغبي😊

    • @Kmichaelcook87
      @Kmichaelcook87 23 дні тому +3

      That is so fucking hilarious and specific; Nostradamus is famous for like 600ish ‘prognostications’ and not one is anywhere near as accurate/true or as definitive and specific 😂 what a home run, though I feel like if asked for comment, the blessed prophet would probably say, “I’m not exactly going out on a limb or anything; that’s not insight, that’s observation.” And I’d be like “yo, chill, dude, that’s racist,” etc.

    • @herticate8579
      @herticate8579 21 день тому +1

      Would be helpful if you added from where.

    • @Rockyrock511
      @Rockyrock511 21 день тому +4

      @@Kmichaelcook87 lol somebody isbutthurt🤣

    • @I_Offend_Snowflakes
      @I_Offend_Snowflakes 17 днів тому +14

      @@Kmichaelcook87 - He (ﷺ) specified that Arabs who were not known for building tall buildings would be building the tallest.

  • @flippop101
    @flippop101 Місяць тому +1432

    I can appreciate the technical challenges met and overcome and the brilliance of those on the project. Aesthetically though, it is just dreadful

    • @CastleBrookKrew
      @CastleBrookKrew Місяць тому +26

      Yea that shit is so ugly

    • @bmodoryx
      @bmodoryx Місяць тому +109

      Glad I'm not the only one who gets a visceral reaction from excessive buildings like this. There's something extremely inhumane about them. Las Vegas has a similar vibe.

    • @kerryroberthughes8054
      @kerryroberthughes8054 Місяць тому +35

      Horrible building

    • @rubiconnn
      @rubiconnn Місяць тому +36

      @@bmodoryx People live in poverty and those with more money than they could ever use waste it on things like this.

    • @midgetwars1
      @midgetwars1 Місяць тому +92

      Seriously? It looks like something from the ancient world. It looks amazing. It's not just another boring tall building.
      It's actually an example that I'd use that proves that humanity isn't just building the same boring looking buildings

  • @LocaMoca328
    @LocaMoca328 Місяць тому +67

    5:15 Clarifications: No, Muslims all over the world don't need to know the precise timing of Mekkah. Every region is distinct to its local rulings, pertaining to timing of prayers and deeds.

    • @Letmedescribe
      @Letmedescribe 24 дні тому +8

      Agreed, I don't know from where get the wrong information. We follow Sunset and Sunrise to adjust times not the Mecca times

  • @Jaasau
    @Jaasau Місяць тому +7

    I’m a devout Christian who has enormous, serious conflicts with Islam. Even so, this building is absolutely gorgeous and awe-inspiring. I’m flabbergasted.

  • @klumzyee
    @klumzyee Місяць тому +1432

    imagine having to explain why you're late for work in that city

  • @spooders8424
    @spooders8424 Місяць тому +698

    This building evokes awe not because of how tall it is, but how BIG it is. It looks like an entire city skyline combined into one building. It’s just so dang big in every dimension
    Just so y’all know I think it’s ugly too

    • @kenoliver8913
      @kenoliver8913 Місяць тому

      It evokes awe because of how UGLY it is; it is a stunning example of how money cannot buy taste. I believe most Muslims who make the haj also hate it - it is not what they think Islam is supposed to be about.

    • @cv990a4
      @cv990a4 Місяць тому +26

      Taste is an individual matter, but man, that thing is ugly.

    • @Kringlord97
      @Kringlord97 Місяць тому +14

      Right, like it doesn't look tall because we're so used to the Burj Khalifa's of the world that are skyscraping needles, not things like this where it looks you just scaled a normal clock tower up 20x.

    • @freddykruger1086
      @freddykruger1086 Місяць тому +1

      And completly impractical and soon to be useless.

    • @bruhbruhhh6592
      @bruhbruhhh6592 Місяць тому +2

      It looks like the city from final fantasy XV

  • @hurryingdoor7435
    @hurryingdoor7435 Місяць тому +123

    0:38 That shot is insane

    • @bluewolf7664
      @bluewolf7664 Місяць тому +7

      the moment you enter the city you can see the clock, even among the mountains. it's absolutely insane!

    • @ranro7371
      @ranro7371 Місяць тому +1

      The main criticism is they put the crescent shape on top, while the name of the creator on the sides. The name should have been at the top, not the crescent.

    • @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n
      @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n Місяць тому

      yeah beautiful

    • @m8aj
      @m8aj Місяць тому +6

      ⁠@@ranro7371 isn’t all manarates have the crescent of top ? U r so desperate u want to criticize any thing at this point

    • @BashaerB-h2c
      @BashaerB-h2c Місяць тому

      That’s how it does look like in real life from far away. You can always know where the Kaaba is because of the clock silhouette.

  • @alihasanabdullah7586
    @alihasanabdullah7586 Місяць тому +65

    Most Muslims hate the tower though. It's overly garish, and ruins the Meccan view. They sell souvenirs of the big clock alongside Kaaba models, which I found vexing. Especially more so when a single souvenir has the Kaaba and the tower (in a wildly out of scale way). You either have the tower looming over Kaaba when standing with both in a line, or have to turn your back to Kaaba to check the time when standing in between them.
    Props to the hard working engineers for making it not only an eyesore, but a MASSIVE eyesore. The only religious significance this tower has is how it's a fulfillment of the prophesy in our Hadiths about the competition between desert Bedouins on who can make the tallest structure. A portent of the end times.

    • @EtaCarinaeSC
      @EtaCarinaeSC 29 днів тому +5

      That green clock face is terrible, it was absolutely not choosen because of the visibility but because of the flag, green and white font inside.

    • @Hunter9v
      @Hunter9v 29 днів тому +4

      No you are the minority who hates KSA accomplishments and keep yapping as you are the “MOST”, keep hating until your grave that tower is a point of interest so people can become curious about it represents, so no your point is invalid and you are just hating for no reason

    • @stephen-k
      @stephen-k 28 днів тому

      yet they still go to hajj and umrah in millions every year

    • @Hunter9v
      @Hunter9v 28 днів тому +1

      @@stephen-k That tower is a place to stay for who want to go hajj and umrah, why not make it a wonderful place then?

    • @Stunkos
      @Stunkos 27 днів тому +2

      @@Hunter9v As a Westerner, I can see why Muslims wouldn't like it. The architecture looks too modern and Western somehow. Plus it's huge and ostentatious which is odd to mix with the piety of the site.

  • @TheRealLink
    @TheRealLink Місяць тому +364

    As an avid skyscraper enthusiast, I knew of this project pretty early on in construction. The fact it's something like seven towers all together with them all being very tall is just massive, not to mention the clock that dwarfs all. I thought the complex had over 7,000 hotel rooms or something equally insane but makes sense when they'll be busy for the Hajj.

    • @GilmerJohn
      @GilmerJohn Місяць тому +7

      Well, that works out to about $2 million$ per hotel room. But there are other revenue producing spaces. It's close to being in the "profitable" range believe it or not.

    • @muazunais2378
      @muazunais2378 Місяць тому +37

      ​​​@@GilmerJohn I have been there the rooms are booked all round the year, during off seasons the cheapest room in the hotel cost like $300 per night but during the hajj season the same rooms go for $5000 per night.
      The hotels doesn't have ways to book onsite everything is online and it when a room gets vacated it soon gets Filled.
      It wasn't built to be profitable or money making in mind. The entire building is a donation to the mosque by the royal family.
      The mosque now owns it and the profits are used for all expenses in the mosque

    • @ikaruseijin01
      @ikaruseijin01 Місяць тому +10

      It's hardly to absorb the general crowd for the peak season, it's for the rich so they can put down money and get an exclusive view of the Kaaba from their residence. *Finally* they don't actually have to join the poor people as if they were equals when doing the hajj, they can just stay surrounded by luxury and worship... "I can see the Kaaba, so it counts."

    • @User-4517
      @User-4517 Місяць тому +16

      @@ikaruseijin01incorrect, the Hajj is mostly outside of the area of the Kabaah / this hotel complex

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 Місяць тому

      True

  • @shoosteer
    @shoosteer Місяць тому +927

    Facts that some people do not know about this project :
    1- The project was completed in 2007
    2- It consists of 7 skyscrapers, the largest 1 its the Clock Tower
    3- The capacity of the seven towers is 65,000 guests
    4- At the bottom there is an 8-storey commercial market that includes 1,444 shops
    -----------------
    The project recovered its full cost years ago
    ----------------
    The project has fully recovered its cost because it has been operating for 17 years

    • @vsznry
      @vsznry Місяць тому +71

      religious nationalism is still fascism though.

    • @asfa2549
      @asfa2549 Місяць тому +149

      ​@@vsznry rent free in your head

    • @kathir4717
      @kathir4717 Місяць тому +23

      ​@@vsznry give respect take respect

    • @jonnies
      @jonnies Місяць тому +55

      Other fact: there's now 3 KFCs, 2 Burger Kings and a McDonald's all within 450 metres of the Kaaba.

    • @Heu..
      @Heu.. Місяць тому

      Cope more ​@@vsznry

  • @adenelsnainy3132
    @adenelsnainy3132 Місяць тому +681

    People talk about the building ❌
    Talk about Islam and politics ✅

    • @dandindan
      @dandindan Місяць тому +91

      these people are obsessed with islam LMAO

    • @muslim-proudly8079
      @muslim-proudly8079 Місяць тому +153

      They jealous of Islam cuz they will never have something close to it : ) AlhamdeliAllah

    • @alanking2899
      @alanking2899 Місяць тому +28

      Is your faith shaken by the construction of a mere building. Is your faith just that weak?!! ... 🤨

    • @Walker733
      @Walker733 Місяць тому +1

      Yes.

    • @notpillow6759
      @notpillow6759 Місяць тому +55

      ​@@alanking2899you should go out more, there is more to life than going online and hating on people who believe in something you don't believe in

  • @atifmalik3594
    @atifmalik3594 22 дні тому +11

    I was part of this project for lightning fixtures. It was a once-in-a-lifetime project blessed to be.

  • @DonkeyRhubarb21
    @DonkeyRhubarb21 Місяць тому +166

    I've been wanting to learn more about this. The perfect channel for it.

  • @pyrho1
    @pyrho1 Місяць тому +1288

    The Arabs love building giant vanity projects

    • @randylahey2242
      @randylahey2242 Місяць тому +115

      Who doesn’t? lol

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H Місяць тому +77

      @@pyrho1 particularly when it’s phalic symbolism

    • @fanniinnanetguy653
      @fanniinnanetguy653 Місяць тому +118

      Look at all those giant, ornate cathedrals in Europe. These kinds of architecture lasts for hundreds of years because it is loved.

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H Місяць тому +47

      @@fanniinnanetguy653 they were built by men who spent their lifetime working on the project. Innate knowledge and devotion to the work of their craft was the main motivation.

    • @lawrencefrost9063
      @lawrencefrost9063 Місяць тому

      Except that they don't design or build them. It's always a western architect company and a foreign population. These fuckers...

  • @starskyguitarman
    @starskyguitarman Місяць тому +706

    Somehow, i feel a resemblence between this, and the Tower of Babel.

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H Місяць тому

      Just as absurd as the western world who has devout followers to a golden pig who adheres by his every action to committing every one of the 7 deadly sins.
      And all of his followers think he’s their messiah.

    • @AcvaristulLenes
      @AcvaristulLenes Місяць тому +27

      I had the exact reaction.

    • @c.philipmckenzie
      @c.philipmckenzie Місяць тому +28

      Not to get too much into it, but the Tower of Babel was likely a ziggurat forming an ascension (or stairway) into heaven.

    • @trvst5938
      @trvst5938 Місяць тому

      All these sky scrapers are dick measuring contests. They don’t improve local residents quality of life. In the US they’re usually money laundering opportunities for the oligarchs like in NYC. 💀

    • @ogkendrick6392
      @ogkendrick6392 Місяць тому +9

      @@c.philipmckenzie this is some serious BS

  • @jackivan7632
    @jackivan7632 10 днів тому +2

    This is one of my favorite buildings in the world
    I remember the first time i heard of it, and seeing it being as wide as it is, made it hard to understand its height
    most skyscrapers tend to be slender and look alike, but this one stands out for looking like a proper building with not only height in mind the way the BK is

  • @adeelj6666
    @adeelj6666 Місяць тому +25

    B1M is just too good to do in-depth reporting and give us information, which is beyond an imagination of ordinary people.
    Thanks Guys big respect for you.

  • @Cyber_Chriis
    @Cyber_Chriis Місяць тому +119

    I didn’t even know this existed until now

    • @BRICS313
      @BRICS313 Місяць тому +44

      Controlled media.

    • @iNawaf20100
      @iNawaf20100 Місяць тому +32

      Living under a rock ^

    • @muneebanjamch
      @muneebanjamch Місяць тому

      Media will tell you every Bullshit but not the truth

    • @Vllili
      @Vllili Місяць тому +12

      caveman

    • @KungFuBarbie-pc7hb
      @KungFuBarbie-pc7hb Місяць тому +8

      Crazy how ignorant some people can be

  • @robertkettmann4986
    @robertkettmann4986 Місяць тому +14

    This is the best channel on UA-cam. Free high end documentaries! Thanks for all your work!

  • @YTviewer118
    @YTviewer118 Місяць тому +20

    4:31 - Brother, what the hell is that going to do if you fall? You think it's enough (open) to be secure?
    As majestic as the structure is, I'm amazed at the people working on it.

  • @ahmed_99x
    @ahmed_99x Місяць тому +119

    0:11 I know it from 2009

    • @MiraBilal-l9o
      @MiraBilal-l9o Місяць тому +5

      😅

    • @Dishasareen_
      @Dishasareen_ Місяць тому

      Good boy A+

    • @dummy-c8k
      @dummy-c8k Місяць тому

      I know since my birth
      I used to visit from my birth the city of mecca

  • @bill9540
    @bill9540 Місяць тому +18

    Wonderful piece of work with amazing visuals…certainly one of your very best. The B1M should be very proud of this accomplishment and the difficulties of putting it together.

  • @YUSHEIVA
    @YUSHEIVA Місяць тому +171

    when my family and I go on a roadtrip we go past makkah and we see the clock it’s the first thing we see from makkah even though it’s far away

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark Місяць тому +4

      Is it as ugly and brutalist in real life as it is on video?

    • @UmUm-ue2bd
      @UmUm-ue2bd Місяць тому +8

      @@JK_Clark no its really beautiful irl

    • @MAF4228
      @MAF4228 Місяць тому +8

      ​@@JK_Clark He isn't talking about your country bro, he talks about SA, Mecca.❤

    • @amoose3582
      @amoose3582 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@MAF4228
      No, he was talking about the Clock Tower in Suadi Arabia.

    • @MAF4228
      @MAF4228 Місяць тому +4

      @@amoose3582 my guy, i know what i said, and you obviously didn't get it.

  • @HammerOn-bu7gx
    @HammerOn-bu7gx Місяць тому +375

    "Construction Culture" i.e. An OSHA inspector would have a stroke.

    • @gnanasabaapatirg7376
      @gnanasabaapatirg7376 Місяць тому

      Was it that bad?

    • @TangoVictor
      @TangoVictor Місяць тому +3

      I really wonder what would OSHA say about building New York, Chicago, London etc... because as we all know, in the Western world, all is made with regulations in mind, there are no migrant workers (because the term ex-pat is reserved for overprivileged white people), only Americans build American buildings etc. All I know is that it is pretty much certain is that no worker without a work visa worked on that site.

    • @kalyansahan238
      @kalyansahan238 Місяць тому +5

      OSHA inspector here. I did have a stroke watching this especially at 04:30 mark. If this was built here (western) the project would ve been shut down until all the safety measures have been applied and complied with.

  • @TomWatsonB1
    @TomWatsonB1 Місяць тому +5

    Tacky and gaudy, especially for the location.

    • @ahans1792
      @ahans1792 27 днів тому +2

      Though I'm fascinated by it and even stayed at the fairmont, I'd have to agree! It has absolutely ZERO correlation or sympathy to the surrounding culture and environment. I was absolutely aghast when I saw big Ben plonked into the centre of makkah!!!!

  • @aye3678
    @aye3678 Місяць тому +32

    That's crazy! I did not know it was that tall! I've seen pictures of it before but did not truly understand the height of it. Wild bit of engineering for sure

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur Місяць тому +1

      Yeah from the photos I saw there was no way to get any idea of its real size. Maybe it’s because there are no other large buildings near it to compare it with.

    • @ahans1792
      @ahans1792 27 днів тому

      ​@@Sashazur
      I stayed at the fairmont hotel which is located within one of the towers. Even up close you cannot grasp the true magnitude of the development. Only when your driving up to makkah and still miles away you see the towers in the distance on then do you actually get an understanding of the size of that thing.
      Truly amazing!

    • @VitorHugoOliveiraSousa
      @VitorHugoOliveiraSousa 6 днів тому

      The clock messes up the scale, we aren't used to see clocks that big, the brain has no frame of reference so it scale downs the entire tower.

  • @moh7354
    @moh7354 Місяць тому +19

    Respect to the labourers

  • @LifeAsASoftwareEngineer
    @LifeAsASoftwareEngineer Місяць тому +30

    Thank You to all Non-Muslims who helped build Clock Tower. It's Beautiful and Amazing..❤

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Місяць тому +8

      Even the apostates and gay men?

    • @MOBXOJ
      @MOBXOJ Місяць тому +25

      @Dr.Kraig_Ren Nothing wrong with women designing it

    • @Jennyeq
      @Jennyeq Місяць тому +5

      @@MOBXOJ as long as they don't dare contradict what men say.

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 Місяць тому +15

      @@Jennyeq As long as you keep your mouth shut about things you don't know

    • @MahboobIslam
      @MahboobIslam Місяць тому +4

      @@Jennyeq seems u havent read the bible

  • @planetdisco4821
    @planetdisco4821 Місяць тому +102

    As a tower crane rigger in Melbourne, Australia, I can completely relate to the wind issues my Arabian Brothers of the Hook encountered when topping out on this structure and frankly it could’ve been a lot worse! Been there done that many times over the last 40 years. Bravo boys, it’s not a job for the light-hearted. No disrespect intended here but a beer at the end of a day like that tastes bloody amazing, but a cigarette is a close second lol….

    • @boezow
      @boezow Місяць тому +1

      What is a cigarette gonna do for you? Refreshing?

    • @patster4040
      @patster4040 Місяць тому +7

      @@boezowyou seem fun

    • @カナヲ-e8s
      @カナヲ-e8s Місяць тому +10

      ​@@boezowBro is lowkey that one person in class everyone secretly hates.

    • @boezow
      @boezow Місяць тому +1

      @@カナヲ-e8stell me why it’s so refreshing cause I’m genuinely confused?

    • @sinbads
      @sinbads Місяць тому +1

      @@boezow To each their own.

  • @Lut1999
    @Lut1999 Місяць тому +21

    I was there few days ago man that thing is HUGE

  • @antun88
    @antun88 Місяць тому +185

    "green and white was chosen because of how the human eye works", come one man, do you think we are idiots?

    • @djawidsidiqy
      @djawidsidiqy Місяць тому +33

      Ikr it’s cuz of the flag bruh 😭😭

    • @tdallin1750
      @tdallin1750 Місяць тому +31

      @@djawidsidiqy to be fair, the colors of Green and White were beloved by the Prophet pbuh

    • @snowflakedsoul
      @snowflakedsoul Місяць тому

      ​@@tdallin1750 Your prophet married a 6 year old. Disgusting.

    • @markoosh
      @markoosh Місяць тому +13

      @@tdallin1750 Did he tell you that? Or did he write it down in his cute little diary?
      The cult leaders can't agree on many things he may or may not have told them that the sky daddy forbade or made "haram", but sure, someone knew his favourite colours.

    • @ambimu55hak
      @ambimu55hak Місяць тому

      @@markooshcrack on with your pig ignorance. Fool.

  • @AvinashTavares
    @AvinashTavares Місяць тому +50

    This is not spiritual, is pure ego

    • @justinjmader222
      @justinjmader222 25 днів тому +2

      Indeed, its such bad taste.

    • @the_son_of_man
      @the_son_of_man 22 дні тому +1

      Said the poeple who have the Vatican filled with stolen human history... Yaah right buddy so ego that it's fully islamic and nit just stealing others history... It can be ego but your Vatican is nothing but greed and evil and devilish... F u

    • @keviselcli4487
      @keviselcli4487 17 хвилин тому

      It's for their moon god😂

  • @napolien1310
    @napolien1310 Місяць тому +251

    People seem to forget that the clock tower is a Waqf for the two mosques, which mean any profit that come from the building it goes to Mekkah and Medinah.

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 Місяць тому +13

      No net profit will come from a 16 billion dollar monstrosity

    • @vxsth6827
      @vxsth6827 Місяць тому +27

      @@Makhdoom51 it is a large expensive hotel with lots of shops

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 Місяць тому

      @@vxsth6827 There r plenty of shopping centres in the world that didn’t cost 16 billion dollars to build. Masjid al-Haram is a sacred place not a leisure destination

    • @Ryzanium
      @Ryzanium Місяць тому +47

      @@Makhdoom51 Theyre already gaining profit from it, its been 17 years since its been running.

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 Місяць тому

      @@Ryzanium Profit that couldn’t have been generated from much cheaper initial investment?

  • @soundslight7754
    @soundslight7754 Місяць тому +228

    Tallest building in Asia = tallest building in the world (both Dubai and KSA are in the continent of Asia)

    • @stevenmacdonald9619
      @stevenmacdonald9619 Місяць тому +13

      Yes, and that building still stands in Dubai.

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo Місяць тому +4

      And both are in the best poooosible taste!

    • @iLoveBoysandBerries
      @iLoveBoysandBerries Місяць тому +9

      Dubai is in the Asian continent. When you say Asia you refer to the Asian nations not the continentent

    • @KarenRose70
      @KarenRose70 Місяць тому +23

      ​@iLoveBoysandBerries that makes no sense. What continent do you think the Arabian peninsula belong to.

    • @RegrinderAlert
      @RegrinderAlert Місяць тому +9

      @@KarenRose70 They are correct. We don’t usually call the Russians Asians in our everyday language either - for the same reason.

  • @tem9989
    @tem9989 Місяць тому +8

    The project is an endowment, its known as Endowment of King Abdul Aziz. The disbursements of the endowment are meant to benefit and service the Holy Mosque.

  • @BrianSheppard
    @BrianSheppard Місяць тому +4

    I was very lucky to visit Mecca when I was young. I'm sorry I can't go back and see this.

  • @skrongo
    @skrongo Місяць тому +55

    Talk about design creep! A hotel but then got an an Eiffel tower added on top because the client wanted it to be built taller, and why not a clock tower, and golden tiles, and lots of LEDs, and can we have a terrace on top of the Eiffel tower, with strobe lights and stuff to make it look grand?

    • @matthodel946
      @matthodel946 Місяць тому +5

      The power of the change order. That's why a $1B project value get upsized to $16B and everyone is cool.

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm Місяць тому +59

    This video is about ten years too late.

  • @yazeedalkhaldi4983
    @yazeedalkhaldi4983 День тому +1

    Long live Saudi Arabia 💚

  • @tonners.pettitt9938
    @tonners.pettitt9938 Місяць тому +17

    Finally seeing this on a video is great, it's one of the most amazing new builds in years and is genuinely stunning

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 Місяць тому

      in years.. dude... 2011 competed...

    • @tonners.pettitt9938
      @tonners.pettitt9938 Місяць тому +3

      @@bastiaan7777777 I kind of get you but anything since doesn't come close to the beauty of this, most massive infrastructure builds are pretty tacky in my opinion
      2011 is pretty new in terms of projects like this

  • @michaelheckmann3791
    @michaelheckmann3791 Місяць тому +18

    Probably most people in the world haven't heard of it. But with your niche audience that's a bit of a stretch.

  • @LittleMissSmallPaw
    @LittleMissSmallPaw Місяць тому +37

    Great work as always but the whole "converted to Islam to be allowed to...." thing already crossed the threshold to not waste a thought about all this.
    If you don't want to have the West in your city, you don't get their engineering.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Місяць тому +5

      I wonder how many gay men worked on that thing without the baddies knowing about it.

  • @s-woke9815
    @s-woke9815 6 годин тому +1

    The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, one of the signs of the last day: "When the shadow of time will cover the Kaaba". Look how the shadow of the tower covers the kaaba.

  • @RichardFraser-y9t
    @RichardFraser-y9t Місяць тому +494

    This is what your petrol and diesel money pays for.

    • @akeel6328
      @akeel6328 Місяць тому +24

      For petrol and diesel?

    • @RichardFraser-y9t
      @RichardFraser-y9t Місяць тому +23

      Here comes the bots, doby boby.

    • @spaghbol4536
      @spaghbol4536 Місяць тому +7

      And that came back in large part because you can only buy this expensive crap in the developed industrial countries, including the engineers who had to convert to Islam for this project.

    • @froggerino895
      @froggerino895 Місяць тому +22

      Yeah, to serve Pilgrims and make their experience the easiest and smoothest during their stay.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Місяць тому

      @@FunnyClips-x7bdude so stupid he thinks the US literally gives money to NATO

  • @waqasahmad8015
    @waqasahmad8015 Місяць тому +28

    I'm there right now and honestly what I can say it's a beautiful scene with clock tower being there

    • @2011arish
      @2011arish Місяць тому +7

      Well stay there. Keep Islam there. Don’t bring it to Uk

    • @mis7614
      @mis7614 Місяць тому +19

      Islam is the religion of truth, the religion of reason and sound logic. It must spread and it's accepted. It is the most widespread religion in the world.​@@2011arish

    • @greatlovevenerableimmortal3333
      @greatlovevenerableimmortal3333 Місяць тому

      @@2011arish the problem is when muslims stayed at their homes the UK did not leave them there

    • @2011arish
      @2011arish Місяць тому +8

      @@mis7614 sound logic? Marrying kids? Sharia? No

    • @mis7614
      @mis7614 Місяць тому +13

      What is most astonishing is the Christians’ rejection of the marriage of the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - when she was nine years old and he was over fifty, while they see no harm in the Virgin Mary being engaged to Joseph the carpenter when she was twelve years old and he was over ninety, meaning that the age difference between them was more than seventy-eight years, as mentioned by the Catholic Encyclopedia. There is not a single phrase in their “holy” book that prohibits the marriage of girls at the age of nine, or even a single sentence specifying the age of marriage. Didn’t Ahaz get married when he was ten years old and have children when he was eleven years old? It is stated in 2 Kings 2:16: “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And it is stated in 2 Kings 2:18: “In the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.” Ahaz was 36 years old. If his son became king when he was about 25 years old, his father would have been blessed with him when he was about 11 years old. Their priest, Munis Abdul Nour, mentioned in his book Doubts about the Bible: “There is no objection to there being 11 years between him and his father,” and he began to give historical examples of that. It is well known that the age of maturity of females is less than the age of maturity of males living in the same region, so this means that his wife might have been nine or ten years old like him, and she was even fit to give birth at that age. So why do you deny marriage to Aisha at such an age, and your book does not deny it? How do they deny marriage to the beloved Mustafa at a time when they believe that the prophets committed the abominations and obscenities of incest? Such as their claim that Lot - peace be upon him - committed adultery with his two daughters, and that David committed adultery with the wife of a soldier in his army. Rather, he ordered the army commander to uncover him during war so that the enemies could kill him. They do not find it shameful to describe Solomon - peace be upon him - as an infidel and that he worshipped idols in order to please his pagan wives.@@2011arish

  • @MrRedLogan93
    @MrRedLogan93 Місяць тому +213

    Glad I got to watch this before B1M takes it down or disables comments. lol

    • @mho...
      @mho... Місяць тому +4

      why would he?

    • @rafael_lana
      @rafael_lana Місяць тому +67

      ​@@mho...because the comments are mostly (and justifiably) very negative. And this is a video made on demand if I ever seen one.

    • @tharqal2764
      @tharqal2764 Місяць тому +21

      @@rafael_lana And then he also shills an investment scammer in the ads

    • @usernotfound7481
      @usernotfound7481 Місяць тому +21

      ⁠@@rafael_lanaDont just spawn the word “justifiably”. Go on, justify the comments

    • @tr_2339
      @tr_2339 Місяць тому +23

      @@rafael_lana nah ppl are just hating cuz they're islamaphobes simple as that, the tower is amazing

  • @Wafflecat09
    @Wafflecat09 Місяць тому +2

    Woe that's pretty heckin cool! Great work you guise! Looks very nice.

  • @bearsagainstevil
    @bearsagainstevil Місяць тому +21

    People need to remember Mecca was a pagan site of pilgrimage PRIOR to Islam. They worshipped idols most of which were destroyed when it became a site for Islamic worship,BUT they kept one idol the black stone .

    • @boredbytrash
      @boredbytrash Місяць тому +4

      Which is so confusing that they still worship the black stone with the same circling ritual …

    • @crapeies123
      @crapeies123 Місяць тому +13

      black stone is not worshipped, its a stone from paradise. and people love paradise thus they love the stone.

    • @majidtaha7268
      @majidtaha7268 Місяць тому

      Who told you that muslims worship the blk stone ?

    • @ahmedelkhwaga2751
      @ahmedelkhwaga2751 Місяць тому +1

      Even the idol of Jesus there was the Black Stone not an idol and the Muslims broke it several times

    • @ibrahimyilmaz4861
      @ibrahimyilmaz4861 Місяць тому +3

      Not true. The Arabs desecrated the kaaba by putting up idols in and around it. The kaaba itself predates the idol worship. Now, the Kaaba is the direction of prayer and can be compared to the Western Wall/Wailing wall in Jerusalem for the Jews. They pray in that direction, they touch the wall, but they do not worship the wall. Somehow i see nobody accuse Jews of polytheism.

  • @vocalcoachadonis
    @vocalcoachadonis Місяць тому +26

    "Converted to Islam so they could work on the project!" What genuine expression of faith! 🤦‍♂️

    • @OmeOmleid
      @OmeOmleid Місяць тому

      Al Saud are enemies of Islam.

    • @khairt1731
      @khairt1731 22 дні тому +1

      This is what USA 🇺🇸 supports. You guys sponsor them. Saudis are Americas best friend.
      Meanwhole in the Quran it says forced conversions are highly prohibited and illegal.

    • @abuabdullahshaon3766
      @abuabdullahshaon3766 19 днів тому

      It's just non-believers are prohibited from entering the city. like Vatican City where only Christians can enter.

    • @bittasweetsymphony726
      @bittasweetsymphony726 16 днів тому

      it fools the computer overlords

  • @Mo_T27_SMT
    @Mo_T27_SMT Місяць тому +14

    The scale of this building is exceptionally crazy. I have been lucky enough to be in it

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Місяць тому +1

      So your parents giving you no choice in religion you consider lucky?

    • @جلادأهلالمنكر
      @جلادأهلالمنكر Місяць тому

      ​.
      The only true religion is Islam, rest are invalid expire literally

    • @MMT--Games
      @MMT--Games Місяць тому +2

      ​@@PROVOCATEURSKthat is a wild guess with no information to back it up. seriously, what makes you think it is forced?

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 26 днів тому

      @@PROVOCATEURSK So your parents gave you no choice in following Christianity?

  • @dztrader
    @dztrader Місяць тому +10

    they demolished historic sites and pieces of Islamic history to make space for this. also many have died when the crane. collapsed which you failed to me mention in your video

  • @querty292
    @querty292 Місяць тому +109

    They say this clock is so fantastic that even when it’s broken, it’s right at least twice a day

    • @jakekelly2436
      @jakekelly2436 Місяць тому +5

      Maximum twice, at least once.

    • @bakkejord14
      @bakkejord14 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@jakekelly2436At least twice. For any given time, there exists an AM and a PM for that time.

    • @jakekelly2436
      @jakekelly2436 15 днів тому

      AM and PM, two possibilities in any given day. So a max of twice,, or at least once.

    • @bakkejord14
      @bakkejord14 15 днів тому

      @@jakekelly2436 Still at least twice a day, and max twiche a day giving exacyly twice a day.

  • @westkoastdogg6680
    @westkoastdogg6680 Місяць тому +7

    I think this is my favorite building ever, its just so impressive

  • @fhujf
    @fhujf Місяць тому +207

    This has nothing on my Diesel watches.

  • @grigorios21
    @grigorios21 Місяць тому +165

    One thing comes in mind when I see this building: kitsch

    • @AVV_Beats
      @AVV_Beats Місяць тому +26

      That's what I think when I see most construction projects in the Gulf.

    • @Ubblvx
      @Ubblvx Місяць тому +4

      @@AVV_Beatswhy

    • @rat2244
      @rat2244 Місяць тому +1

      @@Ubblvx look at it and you'll see why

    • @BVonBuescher
      @BVonBuescher Місяць тому +9

      New money vibes for real…
      Russians have similar taste

    • @kolrhcp
      @kolrhcp Місяць тому

      @@Ubblvx because they're so ugly.

  • @crescent1122
    @crescent1122 Місяць тому +6

    A small correction at 13:34 the Salvator Mundi painting was purchased by an Emarati prince and is currently on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum. Excellent video

  • @oyssartwaltz5022
    @oyssartwaltz5022 Місяць тому +19

    they surely need that capacity to hold the huge crowds of people going there. so it is for practical use not purely for awe.

    • @wbzsa
      @wbzsa Місяць тому +3

      الأموال التي تنتج عن الاستثمارات في البرج يذهب ريعها إلى أعمال توسعة الحرم المكي

    • @waifuhunter9709
      @waifuhunter9709 Місяць тому

      I never thought i could see words of wisdom form nepgear here.
      Your avatar is beautiful btw

    • @rice4550
      @rice4550 Місяць тому +2

      Only rich pilgrims use it I’ve seen hundreds in hajj time sleep right outside the tower on the floor in 40C heat

    • @oyssartwaltz5022
      @oyssartwaltz5022 29 днів тому

      @@waifuhunter9709 but this is Neptune.

  • @delus
    @delus Місяць тому +30

    In the Ottoman era, people never built higher than the Kabaa for respect reasons. Not a religious belief, merely showing more respect. But when the Saudis came, and with time this tradition wasn’t considered important anymore, obviously.

    • @kasbas5922
      @kasbas5922 Місяць тому +13

      Nothing in the religion itself is against it, so stop with this dump views !!!

    • @delus
      @delus Місяць тому +5

      @@kasbas5922 ok, no problem. i can’t really destroy the whole building anyways. but as a sidenote, whole point of having a religion is showing utmost respect to The Creator and His creations.

    • @xaxs101
      @xaxs101 Місяць тому +5

      not true at all you just made that up.

    • @delus
      @delus Місяць тому +2

      @@xaxs101Well, that's what I was told when I was a child. So don't take this as accurate. But history is there, and if this is the case, it just adds more to Islam, not subtracts.

    • @acex222
      @acex222 Місяць тому +2

      The Kabaa was one of many similar structures built by Iranian pagans. Nobody respected this old rotten brick dump.

  • @aleksmoylan8251
    @aleksmoylan8251 Місяць тому +64

    The UAE is also in Asia

    •  Місяць тому +3

      While I can't speak for our communist hockey loving friends to the north, i can assure you Americans call the location of the UAE the Middle East, not Asia.

    •  Місяць тому +5

      In political terms, yes. Everyone calls that the middle east. However in geographical sense, as in Continental divide, it is Asia which the original comment was probably referring to.

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 Місяць тому +2

      and "asia" means only east asia (chinas, koreas, japan, mongolia).

    • @reezevlog
      @reezevlog Місяць тому +1

      so does half of Turkey……..

    •  Місяць тому

      So i could see calling it Asian Continent. I understand the geography. But if you say Asia alone in the USA, unless you are talking to a recent immigrant, will be understood as china, japan, koreas, vietnam, indonesia, taiwan, phillipines, laos, cambodia, etc. Not india, not Yemen, not azerbijan, not eastern turkey certainly.

  • @nuzayerov
    @nuzayerov Місяць тому +7

    I've had the luck to go to this tower and have ny hotel roon right on the main clock tower. It is undoutedly very nice.

  • @hyderabadildarshiv174
    @hyderabadildarshiv174 Місяць тому +3

    Thanks

  • @muhsinmansoor
    @muhsinmansoor Місяць тому +6

    Amazing Narration and Kudos B1M and KSA.

  • @NajiaZ
    @NajiaZ 26 днів тому +6

    In the heart of a vast, timeless desert, that immense clock tower stands as a striking symbol. It beautifully underscores the fleeting nature of time, a reminder that every moment is precious, slipping through our fingers like grains of sand.

  • @nj4040
    @nj4040 24 дні тому +5

    For mulsims which preach how accepting they are its quite weird they dont allow people of other fate into meka...

  • @angelmarquez6000
    @angelmarquez6000 Місяць тому +2

    Amazing! Once in a lifetime! Really unbelievable 👏

  • @devilmay
    @devilmay Місяць тому +387

    "our clock is bigger than yours"..."compensating a bit much?"

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso Місяць тому +32

      A regular sized clock wouldn't be very visible sitting on top of a 600 meters building, now would it?

    • @Doesntmatterreally
      @Doesntmatterreally Місяць тому +4

      Because you don't put clocks on top of skyscrapers

    • @TheAilmam
      @TheAilmam Місяць тому

      ? You dont need a watch if there's a clock you can see everywhere​@@Doesntmatterreally

    • @williamlangeii4012
      @williamlangeii4012 Місяць тому

      Don't they know everyone has a perfect clock in their pocket on their phone? ​@@theviniso

    • @robertbraun7155
      @robertbraun7155 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@thevinisowho will ever look at it for checking the time. Everyone has smart phones.
      It's all show and no go..

  • @Stew-k7k
    @Stew-k7k 28 днів тому +6

    0:25 Big Ben is the bell not the clock

    • @TheHungarian-f6f
      @TheHungarian-f6f 20 днів тому

      It is

    • @blazex224
      @blazex224 16 днів тому +1

      Going to take a guess that B1M knows this, it’s just easier to refer to it as Big Ben. Good info for those that don’t know though

  • @MayankSharma01
    @MayankSharma01 Місяць тому +14

    1:05 When did UAE shifted from Asia ?

    • @Luliill-p5y
      @Luliill-p5y Місяць тому

      Yes, he is stupid, and those like him believe that Asia is only the countries of East Asia.

  • @hunty1970
    @hunty1970 Місяць тому +2

    Lovley review, thank you 🙏

  • @retrorevival1
    @retrorevival1 Місяць тому +28

    Mecca had already been ruined by the amount of hotels, this tower is just another horrible scar ruining a significant cultural location.

    • @BOBK-jf4qx
      @BOBK-jf4qx 18 днів тому

      The prophecy has to be fulfilled, Saturn - the Ruler of Time - says so!

  • @Udean1901
    @Udean1901 Місяць тому +70

    Green is also Muhammad pbuh favorite color

    • @bartacus4872
      @bartacus4872 Місяць тому +20

      Green is also pdf files favourite colour, funny that.

    • @Udean1901
      @Udean1901 Місяць тому +46

      @@bartacus4872 omg you're the funniest person in the whole world 💩🙊

    • @truthislogical
      @truthislogical Місяць тому +9

      ​@@bartacus4872be respectful

    • @xpari0694
      @xpari0694 Місяць тому +20

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@bartacus4872 come to think of it your right, priests wear green scarfs when they touch altar boys

    • @puntmannoor3403
      @puntmannoor3403 Місяць тому +4

      @@bartacus4872 Projecting a lot eh? You must be the result of the misbehaviors of one of your priest.

  • @qmr0n
    @qmr0n Місяць тому +5

    Much respect to the construction crew for their hard work

  • @patricksansone6942
    @patricksansone6942 Місяць тому +1

    Great video! I really enjoy watching BM1 videos, as I love skyscraper architecture!

  • @muhammadyasir6780
    @muhammadyasir6780 Місяць тому +6

    I went for Umrah or Pilgrimage in 2020... when i saw the clock tower, it reminded me of a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW that when anti christ will appear, he will not be able to get into 2 place of earth that are the two wholy mosques... but he will stand outside atop a high tower and it made me get goosebumps when i looked at the clock tower... precise prophecies

  • @Hunter9v
    @Hunter9v 28 днів тому +2

    I wonder why people keep hating, when Eiffel Tower was built everyone was amazed, when the Big Ben was built everyone was amazed, when the Empire State was being built everyone was amazed, but when a clock tower that repeated a culture and a religion and huge part of the revenue was being sent to help the people to further extend the haram and the purpose of it is to host the people there so they don’t book a far hotel and make their life easier everyone is angry??
    You guys keep hating for no reason, I don’t see if of one of the buildings I mentioned had any REAL help to the community

  • @Yuge428
    @Yuge428 Місяць тому +31

    Classic example of money with no brains or the urge to do good in the world. Money can’t buy class or brains

    • @BassamN711
      @BassamN711 Місяць тому

      Such a dumb comment would only come from an American. So, I bet you are. This has been a tremendous source of income for the two holy cities, exceeding the amount it was built for.

  • @Mtnmsh
    @Mtnmsh Місяць тому +1

    Amazing and great work ❤

  • @ashishpatel350
    @ashishpatel350 Місяць тому +25

    really hope the airlines can see it. wouldnt want them flying into a tall building

    • @aidanoh-101
      @aidanoh-101 Місяць тому +37

      the saudis dont allow any plane to fly above the kaaba

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 Місяць тому +5

      @@ashishpatel350 Smartest indian:

  • @Amin_2k
    @Amin_2k Місяць тому +3

    1:03 tallest building in Asia is in Kuala lumpur, not China

    • @palmsa4363
      @palmsa4363 24 дні тому +1

      Wrong its the Burj Khalifa in UAE

  • @arjunraj5905
    @arjunraj5905 Місяць тому +23

    Imagine the global outrage if Rome only allowed Catholics in.

    • @Samurai-cs7xo
      @Samurai-cs7xo Місяць тому +4

      Muslims don't have much problem with that

    • @MahmoudAhmed-cn4ld
      @MahmoudAhmed-cn4ld Місяць тому

      It is so easy ,want to go in just say the shahada
      Just ten words in 5 seconds

    • @acex222
      @acex222 Місяць тому +2

      @@MahmoudAhmed-cn4ld that's not a conversion, that's reciting some words

    • @georgevirtus
      @georgevirtus Місяць тому

      ​@@acex222 Define conversion a lot of religions have different ways of converting?

    • @sabaahmed5966
      @sabaahmed5966 28 днів тому

      Yes allow.. We don't have any problem

  • @Tman76
    @Tman76 Місяць тому +1

    The sheer size is astounding, but I was disappointed that this video only focused on the height. It is massive in so many other ways as well.

  • @craigstephens93
    @craigstephens93 Місяць тому +51

    This is what you get when the Arab Kings tell the Architects what good design looks like...

    • @rxyy4ne560
      @rxyy4ne560 Місяць тому +8

      if youre not paying, why should you have a say in how it looks?

    • @craigstephens93
      @craigstephens93 Місяць тому +9

      @@rxyy4ne560 Then what's the point in bringing in an Architect in the first place? Surely the logic is this: "they are professionals and have far better skills and judgement than I do, therefore I will leave it to them". Any other logic is pure ignorance or pure arrogance.

    • @hadoken99
      @hadoken99 Місяць тому +8

      It looks pretty fucking amazing to me

    • @CK-yz9zo
      @CK-yz9zo Місяць тому +10

      It looks like Tolkien's Big Ben developed by a 14 year old boy.

    • @TheTamerx
      @TheTamerx Місяць тому

      @@craigstephens93 Honestly, your logic is just a f0ck1n a$$ sh1t, forgive me, but that's the true thing about how you think the logic is! 🤣

  • @Haci-uh7ke
    @Haci-uh7ke Місяць тому +6

    while millions of muslims starving

  • @sbaj24
    @sbaj24 4 години тому

    Over 10 million muslims visit Mecca every year. 2 million specifically during the Hajj season.

  • @DevinSloan
    @DevinSloan Місяць тому +48

    "You've probably never heard of it." Uh, do you know the people who watch your channel?

    • @dhioadhinugramarendra8677
      @dhioadhinugramarendra8677 Місяць тому +3

      Right lol. But apparently a lot of people are mad about this building here....😂

    • @cheslerpark7223
      @cheslerpark7223 Місяць тому +1

      uh, maybe you don't understand how UA-cam works?

  • @shabbiralam2201
    @shabbiralam2201 Місяць тому +3

    My relatives came here to makkah from india there hotel was the clock tower that 16 billon dollar it was so clean bathroom is so clean to and tv was so good the view of outside was impersove view

  • @Supergoldk
    @Supergoldk Місяць тому +3

    It’s beautiful I can tell you that❤

  • @juerggoestohollywood9390
    @juerggoestohollywood9390 Місяць тому +2

    completely made possible by western minds, technology and creativity, yet cant be visited by westerners... the arab world is a special place

  • @OnlyDubai
    @OnlyDubai Місяць тому +18

    لا إله إلا الله. محمد رسول الله ❤

    • @Turki-y1q
      @Turki-y1q Місяць тому +1

      Были и есть

  • @fissalwasonline3944
    @fissalwasonline3944 Місяць тому +4

    as a proud saudi living in mecca you can see this thing from almost anywhere

  • @tooru
    @tooru Місяць тому +28

    converting means absolutely nothing. you tell someone ur muslim and theyre supposed to just believe you.

    • @linuxmarmalade
      @linuxmarmalade Місяць тому +3

      also snip snip

    • @maassrddd
      @maassrddd Місяць тому +3

      The problem is they will notice if you really converted or not you have to pray five times day with them 😂

    • @markborishnikoff5485
      @markborishnikoff5485 Місяць тому +2

      @@maassrddduntil the project ends lol

    • @SarastistheSerpent
      @SarastistheSerpent Місяць тому +1

      @@linuxmarmalade I think circumcision is only strongly recommended but not actually a requirement for conversion. Even in Judaism it is technically possible to convert to Judaism and not be circumcised

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Місяць тому +1

      @@maassrddd I would tell them that allah told me to never pray to him, that he doesn´t deserve that.

  • @raymondcurran563
    @raymondcurran563 Місяць тому +1

    A literal clock measuring contest