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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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To: grundle

Someone dropped the soap.


81 posted on 09/24/2015 10:49:09 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: grundle

It’s the Joos fault. </sarc>


82 posted on 09/24/2015 11:08:20 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: grundle

107 killed when the crane collapsed. I knew that would put a curse on this year’s Hajj and sure enough it did as 700 got trampled underfoot and killed.

The Muslim version of Burning Man out in the desert


83 posted on 09/24/2015 12:36:19 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: olepap

Could somebody do a parody of the Charlie Daniels classic:

“The Devil went down to Mecca,
“He was looking for some souls to steal.
“Hoping to score a huge haul,
“Of those who followed him unawares.

“When he saw several hundred thousand
“Hajjis throwing stones at him,
“The Devil took stock from a nearby rock,
“And said, `you’ll be sorry for that!’

“I’ll sow the seeds of panic,
“And throw them into a scare.
“They’ll trample each other by the hundreds,
“And me, will I even care?

Anyone care to continue?


84 posted on 09/24/2015 1:15:49 PM PDT by elcid1970 (qui)
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To: grundle

They were all rushing to see Ahmed’s clock. It’s the first thing Muslims invented in a 1000 years.


85 posted on 09/24/2015 5:53:09 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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