“In a sense this is unprecedented…One sees that it’s not actually black, for example… As I understand it, it’s the first time there is a magnified digital photo of the stone and one can see the stone up close and personal.”
–Afifi al-Akiti, a fellow in Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, reacting to photos published by the Saudi government showing for the first time high-resolution images of the holy Kabaa stone, in Mecca. [Daily Mail]
