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Swine flu threatens Muslim Hajj season
CNN ^
| Matthew Knight
Posted on 07/15/2009 9:54:10 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
(CNN) -- Two Hajj pilgrims from Iran have contracted the H1N1 virus, according to reports from the country's official news agency.
December 2008: A Saudi policeman directs pilgrims at Mount Arafat, southeast of holy city of Mecca.
Iran's official Fars news agency Wednesday reported that a 57-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man who had recently returned from a pilgrimage tested positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. This brings Iran's tally to three cases.
Every year about two million Muslims go on pilgrimage to Mecca -- the holiest place in Islam. As well as the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which all Muslims are required to make at least once if they can afford to, the faithful can also make a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca, known as umra, at any time of the year.
The latest cases highlights concerns that the Muslim pilgrimage will hasten the spread of swine flu.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: flu; h1n1; hajj; influenza; mecca; swineflu
If there were a headline that would strike fear into the hearts of those pagan idiots...
Now we just need to start a rumor that swine flu causes you to crave bacon. "By Allah my 7 year old wife started craving Bacos until I beat the cravings out of her."
To: Sir Gawain
They’re always worried about their “manhood.” Maybe the swine flu causes irreversible shrinkage.
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posted on
07/15/2009 9:55:51 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: Sir Gawain
Maybe it was a sign from Allah for another Jihad
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posted on
07/15/2009 9:57:19 PM PDT
by
greatdefender
(If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
To: Sir Gawain
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posted on
07/15/2009 9:59:24 PM PDT
by
chae
(I am karmic retribution)
To: Sir Gawain
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:08:59 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Sir Gawain
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:15:10 PM PDT
by
Dinah Lord
(fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:44:44 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
To: Sir Gawain
To get Swine Flu is a punishment from Allah.
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posted on
07/15/2009 10:58:05 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Dallas59
Some of those idiots actually believe it is a curse on the “infidel” and that muslims will be immune.
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:01:24 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(I can't answer that in the abstract)
To: Sir Gawain
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posted on
07/15/2009 11:03:51 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Sir Gawain
Swine flu in mecca- Can’t make this shit up!
To: chae
A massive outbreak would be what the Moose Limbs would want. It would a)kill or disable many Christians b)tax the health care system of the free nations. There would be millions of Moose Limbs clogging up the ER’s all over the US looking for the free treatment. Canada, and the European health care system would collapse under the strain. Be careful for what one wishes for....
To: matthew fuller
Roger that......and such poetic justice!
Plus, the fanatical asswipes even claim that Muslims would be immune from Swine Flu as a gift from Allah.
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:47:14 AM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: vetvetdoug
"......health care system would collapse under the strain." There are places in Kalifornicate where this has ALREADY occurred by the free treatment of illegal aliens from Mexico and parts South.
There or those who would claim this was all by design to create the health care "crises" necessary for the Leftist to impose Universal National "Health Care".....
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:52:06 AM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Sir Gawain
IBTTP
(In before the thread pulled!)
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:53:52 AM PDT
by
Mom MD
(Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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