Are non-Muslims allowed to visit the Prophet's Mosque in Medina?

10/4/2016 10:05:31 AM

Non Muslims are not allowed in prophets mosque in Medina also in Al Masjid Al Haram in Mecca. Non Muslim not allowed in all Mecca city but In Medina some prohibited area are not allowed non Muslims people, another area can access which also Saudi Arabia Government allowed.

7/5/2016 5:06:08 PM

Non-muslims are allowed to enter Saudi Arabia freely.

However, they are prohibited from entering two areas:

  1. The entire city of Makkah.

  2. The city of Medina, except for the outskirts (most notably, the area around the airport and its surroundings). They are strictly prohibited near the center of the city, near the areas of the Prophet’s Mosque. There is a large cluster of hotels around this area as well – to deal with the steady stream of visitors to the Mosque.

There are various checkpoints around these areas and documents are checked at random.

Now, there is a possibility that you could sneak into the Prophet’s Mosque as a non-muslim (higher chance than trying to get to the Haram in Makkah), however I would not risk it – the chances of being caught are high (there is a lot of security presence in these areas, including undercover police).

Punishment at minimum is deportation – but that’s before you are a guest of the government for an indeterminate amount of time, and have to be presented before a judge.

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