How is a person's Muslim faith verified before entering Mecca?

All adults in Saudi Arabia carry some form of government identification, whether it's their resident's permit, their national ID, or the visa in their passports. read more

It is the issued visa on the person's passport that is verified if stopped at the check point to entering the city of Mecca. In terms of how the Saudi government verifies a person's faith in the visa application, I believe if the applicant has an obviously Muslim name or is applying from a Muslim country, they assume one is Muslim. read more

Finally, these are the people who remain in Mecca mainly to participate in the rituals by performing Hajj, praying Taraweeh in the Holy Mosque every night during Ramadan, performing Umrah, etc. Personally, I enjoy the liveliness, diversity, and overall festive/holy atmosphere during Hajj and Ramadan. read more

If you wish to enter mecca then you need to have visa of umrah, hajj or work visa/ you need to have residential documents. My muslim friend worked in mecca and he told me that all the people in province are muslim and no one else is allowed to enter. For non muslims will not get visa to work or visit province of mecca. read more