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$\"\"$ <\/a>Mecca is the holiest city in Islam, so it makes total sense that Paris Hilton<\/strong> would go there. Or not.<\/p>\n

Although Mecca is a sacred, it\u2019s also a place where people live, work, and shop. There\u2019s a mall there, Makkah Mall, that is right next to the Grand Mosque. It houses everything from a Children\u2019s Place to a Burger King, but when Paris Hilton announced that she was opening one of her handbag stores there<\/a>, people went crazy. Some called for a ban<\/a>, saying that Hilton\u2019s connections to drugs and porn made her an unsuitable role model and someone who didn\u2019t belong in a holy city.<\/p>\n

While Paris\u2019 store might seem out of place in Mecca, it\u2019s not out of place in the Makkah Mall. The mall is in the midst of a big expansion, and they\u2019ve just added stores like Naturalizer, the U.S. Polo Association shop, and Lola Retail. It\u2019s possible that some of these chains are also associated with unsavory characters \u2013 the difference is that they\u2019re not as famous as Paris.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019ve said something that\u2019s almost a defense of Paris freaking Hilton, I\u2019ll see myself out.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"