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Pakistani Saves Wheelchair-Bound Wife From Haj Stampede
Emirates 24/7 ^ | Monday, September 28, 2015

Posted on 09/28/2015 11:31:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Grabbed her out of the wheelchair and pushed her to the side

A Pakistani teacher has described how he saved his wife from a deadly stampede in Saudi Arabia by pulling her from her wheelchair as fellow Haj pilgrims were trampled to death around them.

At least 769 people died in a crush of pilgrims near Makkah on Thursday when two large groups converged at a crossroads, in the worst disaster to befall the annual event in a quarter of a century.

Alamzeb Khan, 48, and his wife, who was suffering from a high fever, were almost killed when the crowd panicked, he told Reuters on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at emirates247.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Religion
KEYWORDS: haj; makkah; pakistan

1 posted on 09/28/2015 11:31:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Alamzeb Khan, 48, and his wife, who was suffering from a high fever

Well what the hell was she doing there then? Wackos.

2 posted on 09/28/2015 11:39:36 PM PDT by montag813 (Bring Back Tar and Feathers)
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Are there any virgins for gettin' it at the Haj ?

A BJ?

A cheap feel ?

C'MON ... there must be SOMETHING for the faithful departed ....

3 posted on 09/28/2015 11:43:01 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

At the Gates of Hell, they all get a free t-shirt that says, “The Son of God is a Jew.”


4 posted on 09/29/2015 12:04:52 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: montag813
Forget about that mass animal stampede which they say killed more than 1,000 Muslims, ooops, I mean, people.

That damn headache and fever could have killed her!

Thank G-d Allah did not afflict her with terminal hemorrhoids as well.
Then with that high fever, she would have had to stand and probably be killed with that tide of humanity, oops, I mean Muslims.

5 posted on 09/29/2015 12:21:23 AM PDT by Netz
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To: nickcarraway
This is even a story, why?

On another note, how many virgins do they get? Less than those that die in the cartoon jihads or more?

6 posted on 09/29/2015 12:25:15 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: montag813

According to the Koran, every Moslem must visit the Ka’aba once in their lifetime. It is a must-do. So they will go to comply


7 posted on 09/29/2015 1:02:50 AM PDT by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: nickcarraway
At least 769 people died in a crush of pilgrims near Makkah on Thursday when two large groups converged at a crossroads, in the worst disaster to befall the annual event in a quarter of a century.

1426 people died on July 2nd, 1990 in an event which involved a stampede and suffocation in a tunnel. Because the Muslim calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian one, the Hajj is 11 days earlier each year and is sometimes held in summer. We are coming into this period in the next few years.

8 posted on 09/29/2015 3:37:01 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: Cronos; nickcarraway
According to the Koran, every Moslem must visit the Ka’aba once in their lifetime.

Only if they are well enough and can afford it. Even at this years rate of 3 million Muslims at the Hajj, at most a couple of hundred million could do the Hajj in one person's complete lifetime. this means that just for space reasons only a small fraction of the current 1.57 billion Muslims will ever be able to go.

9 posted on 09/29/2015 3:46:16 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: montag813

“Alamzeb Khan”

‘ll chase him ‘round the moons of Nibia and ‘round the Antares Maelstrom and ‘round perdition’s flames before I give him up!

KHAAANNNN!


10 posted on 09/29/2015 4:17:50 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Treason is as treason does, demons is as demUNs does.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

He’s dead Jim.


11 posted on 09/29/2015 4:19:26 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Treason is as treason does, demons is as demUNs does.)
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