How do the Saudi authorities know whether you're a Muslim or not to go to Makkah?

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The Yaz

because its written on ur iqama

nono

You go through several check points before entering Makkah. If you are not Saudi, then you have a "Iqama" which is like an I.D. where you information is places, on it states your religion.

Hamada

Saudi authorities can only hope that the people who have their papers showing that they are muslims are so. You can be sure of one thing, if a person in the area spotted a none muslim in the Holy areas, then that is going to be another thing, and that person may loss his/hers head, and who want to do that ?
The Holy areas are strictly for ONLY Muslims.

Hamad is T.C. in fooling

faith scanner machine, it beebs if someone isn't Muslim

willie v

Good question. This is how we know it before.

Each entry point going to Makkah has a checkpoint. The checkpoint guards check the Iqama of the driver and each passenger inside the car.

All muslims are issued Green Iqamas while the Non-Muslims are issued Brown Iqama.

The guards can easily identify who is muslim and non-muslim by just simply looking at the color.

Fire

it's spelled makkah.

i think muslims have a green iqama. mine is brown.

Mintee

When you travel to Mecca from anywhere, (even from inside the country).. you usually bring your papers with you, or copies of..
Like the country id card for citizens, the iqama or passport for non citizens.. and there are many road check stations along the way if driving and checks in the airport or sea port if coming by air or sea.. and those that try to sneak in through the mountains. there are patrols driving and scouting those areas all the time and rounding up the illegals daily.. they find thousands that way..

Sami C

the procedure starts from the minute you apply for a visa they will request your passport and further identification to prove your religion either muslim or not and this information is saved in the dta bank and later it is written on your ikama .

B K

for instance, your religion will appear on your iqama because this is what you will have declared upon moving to saudi arabia for a residency.
if you have a christian or a biblical name in the latin form such as joseph, instead of the muslimized arabicized yousef, it must mean you are a convert, therefore you must and will have to submit a certificate of emracing islam that has been delivered to you by the religious center or mosque where you have converted. your iqama color is green for muslims, marroon for non muslims, and it is written on the cover : residency permit for non muslims. you can always try to slip through security checks but you will face deportation from authorities and perhaps a bit more from locals as they might not like the fact you sneaked into mekkah.

Edmund B

green ID = Muslim

Red ID = Non muslim

it says so in arabic on the covor

Saad pak arab rokcer

the religion is mentioned on Iqama. They just check your Iqama on the checkpoint.

I've been to Makkah and Madina many times. I just said the shahada and I was in. It's easy. I've actually touched the kaba inside masjid al haraam and I might do umrah just to say I did it

Mr. Salchichon

They know because Albinobaba says so!

Robb R

Trust me the authorities know by your ID. I am not muslim but I do consulting work with the power company (SEC). I missed my turn off to the power plant and ended at the final check point. I apologized and they were very gracious as I did my immediate U turn.

Liberal Muzzie

try

Ahresh S

its spelled "mecca" lol lmao...

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