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Mecca stampede: At least 717 killed and hundreds injured in crush during hajj
Telegraph UK/Reuters ^ | September 24, 2014

Posted on 09/24/2015 7:31:38 AM PDT by grundle

At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in 25 years.

At least 805 others were injured in the crush at Mina, a few miles east of Mecca, caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way to performing the "stoning the devil" ritual at Jamarat, Saudi civil defence said.

Thursday's disaster was the worst to befall the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were crushed to death in a tunnel near Mecca. Both stampedes occurred on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), Islam's most important feast and the day of the stoning ritual.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: islam; mecca; muslim; satan
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1 posted on 09/24/2015 7:31:38 AM PDT by grundle
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Wow...over 700??


2 posted on 09/24/2015 7:32:10 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: grundle

Just another day in “Paradise”.


3 posted on 09/24/2015 7:32:28 AM PDT by steve8714 (I love Geico Rick.)
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I thought the birds were chipping with more joy this morning


4 posted on 09/24/2015 7:32:54 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: grundle

Jeez Louise...!


5 posted on 09/24/2015 7:33:27 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: grundle

Potluck next Sunday. We could use another meat dish and more potato salad. We’re good on desserts. Thanks to all the volunteers!


6 posted on 09/24/2015 7:33:33 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Behold the Yebetable. It is something like a vegetable, but with less energy.)
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To: grundle

Somehow I just can’t get upset about this...


7 posted on 09/24/2015 7:33:44 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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To: grundle

Only a billion more to go.


8 posted on 09/24/2015 7:34:04 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: grundle
caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way to performing the "stoning the devil" ritual

Unfortunately, sounds like the devil got the better of that encounter.

Tragic, nonetheless.
9 posted on 09/24/2015 7:34:14 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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Holy crap. What the hell are these people playing at?


10 posted on 09/24/2015 7:34:20 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Exsurge, Domine, et judica causam tuam)
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To: grundle

Will of Allah. Too bad, so sad.


11 posted on 09/24/2015 7:35:55 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: WKUHilltopper
Wow...over 700??

Its a start.

12 posted on 09/24/2015 7:36:12 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sounds like a Monty Python skit.


13 posted on 09/24/2015 7:36:19 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: grundle

And they say that’s like a bad thing?


14 posted on 09/24/2015 7:37:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: grundle

Belief in Islam is a mental disease.

Muslims obsessed with Islam conduct themselves more like hordes of frenzied rats than like thinking, rational human beings.


15 posted on 09/24/2015 7:37:38 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Proverbs 21:20 - The wise have stores of food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has)
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To: grundle

Looks like the toll number is going in the right direction UP!


16 posted on 09/24/2015 7:37:42 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: grundle

Does this ever happen at the vatican? NOPE...


17 posted on 09/24/2015 7:38:21 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: grundle

I just did some research on this. What they are doing is called ‘stoning the Devil’, in which tens of thousands of people crowd close enough to stone pillars to be able to throw rocks at it.

The pillars by the way are supposedly a phallus, which is the seed of Satan. So they are essentially throwing rocks at the Devil’s man parts.

One other piece of trivia. The muzzies believe that just about any pillar is a satanic phallus...especially the Washington Monument.


18 posted on 09/24/2015 7:39:00 AM PDT by lacrew
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Guess the black cube was calling :o. WE are the borg


19 posted on 09/24/2015 7:39:43 AM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: grundle

717 we don’t have to worry about.


20 posted on 09/24/2015 7:39:58 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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