Apple's "Mecca Project" Provokes Muslim Reaction
On October 10, 2006, an Islamist website posted a message
alerting Muslims to what it claims is a new insult to Islam. According
to the message, the cube-shaped building which is being constructed in
New York City, on Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets in midtown
Manhattan, is clearly meant to provoke Muslims. The fact that the
building resembles the Ka'ba (see picture below), is called "Apple
Mecca," is intended to be open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and
moreover, contains bars selling alcoholic beverages, constitutes a
blatant insult to Islam. The message urges Muslims to spread this
alert, in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."
