#Trending: Muslims welcome the world to Mecca using #mecca_live

Blog: A campaign centred around Islam's holiest sites has become the number one world-wide Twitter trend - and here's why.

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Dalal Jebril-Rogers

14 Jul, 2015

Muslims have been taking the opportunity to show Mecca to non-Muslims [Getty]

Snapchat's #mecca_live story feature has been trending worldwide since late yesterday.

Just under a million tweets were posted using the #mecca_live hashtag in the past two days, showing the world how Muslims are celebrating Laylet al-Qader - the anniversary of the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to Prophet Muhammad - live and as it happened in the holy city.

Snapchat launched its "live" feature last year. It allows users to contribute videos and pictures to a live stream, which, like other content on the app, disappears after a short period of time.

A five-minute video has been compiled featuring some of the video casts, but to view it, you'll need to log in and swipe left to get to "Stories". Scroll down to "Live" and press and hold on "Mecca".

But if all that seems like a bit too much of an effort, we have listed some of the most popular images.

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The photos touched Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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Im serious, as a non-muslim, seeing #mecca_live made me realize that Islam, might be, the right religion for me. Its so beautiful. 💘
— chris (@VAPlNG) July 13, 2015

The #mecca_live snapchats are the best things to grace my eyes!! Absolutely love seeing the peacefulness and unity of Islam 😊
— Sophie George (@sophiegws) July 14, 2015

As a Christian, this is absolutely amazing #mecca_live - C
— Daily Solos☼ (@DmSolosDaily) July 14, 2015

I'm not muslim but seeing #mecca_live made me think twice.Its beautiful 💖💖People have really changed my perspective of islam
— Jacqueline Saleh (@Prince10Roxana) July 14, 2015

#Mecca_Live is many American's first time experiencing Islam first hand instead of hearing Islamophobic lies told by the media & government.
— ️ (@mxdkays) July 14, 2015

i'm not muslim,but #mecca_live is truly astounding. just to see the dedication to their religion and the unity is stunning. SoHeartwarming💗!
— Jimmae (@mAetweEets) July 14, 2015

Messages of unity and equality were the overwhelming theme of the night.

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