{"id":41,"date":"2008-09-28T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/security-when-kaaba-door-opens.html"},"modified":"2008-09-28T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T12:45:30","slug":"security-when-kaaba-door-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/security-when-kaaba-door-opens.html","title":{"rendered":"Security when Kaaba door opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received these astonishing photos as an email forward, so I am unaware of their origin, but they certainly look legitimate. These are allegedly a glimpse of the heavy security around the Kaaba when the doors are opened by the Saudi authorities. 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