Try talking your way out of that to a glaring cop.
And that's just at the airport. It's like if the Vatican made you take a special Catholic test to try to weed out all the Lutherans before letting you in to stare at Adam's wang, or whatever it is you do at the Vatican.
"The highways in Saudi Arabia have Muslim and Non-Muslim exits when you get close to the city," Omar continued. "There are even checkpoints where they ask a few questions. A part of it is security I think, but they made sure to check our religion."
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"Take a pilgrimage to that chair, Yankee Doodle. This is going to take a while."
For non-Muslims, being caught trying to sneak in results in a fine. Getting caught inside Mecca results in, at the very least, automatic deportation and a ban from Saudi Arabia, as a merchant once found out when the Saudis ran a fingerprint check and arrested him -- on the charge of being a Christian. The only places in Mecca for non-Muslims are the airport and a bus terminal, to get right the hell back out of Mecca, Billy Bob.