Posted on 10/02/2014 9:14:12 PM PDT by smokingfrog
With the arrival of approximately two million people from around the world in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, there are a group of pilgrims who were not welcomed.
The Saudi government has banned the entry of travelers from three countries currently dealing with the Ebola epidemic: Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The decision to reject visa requests from these countries has affected 7,400 people, according to the Associated Press.
Hospitals in Saudi Arabia are also preparing in the event of an outbreak by setting up isolation and surgery units as well as dispatching medical staff to airports.
Despite banning pilgrim seekers from West Africa, Saudi officials are granting visas to pilgrims travelling from Nigeria. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz International Airport has provided them with two exclusive lounges as a precaution.
“So far 118,000 pilgrims have arrived by air from Nigeria. There was not a single suspected case of the deadly virus among anyone of them,” said Abdul Ghani Al-Malki, supervisor of hajj affairs at the airport.
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So I guess now Barry Obola can’t go
Wow, you mean someone can control those crowds?
Darn
So are the Saudis now racist in the eyes of PBS?
Bummer
Well, to them some people of a certain skin color, religion, or ethnicity can do things that would otherwise be called racist for the rest of us. That’s called being tolerant.
When Saudi jihadi has more sense than the representatives of the republic…
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
…you KNOW we’re in trouble.
Won’t Allah protect them?
Where there's a will, there's a way. Let's hope the pilgrims find their way...
Man what it must be like to have a national leader who isn’t as Chris Matthews says -lazy.
Gee who would have thunk that denying entry into your country from Ebola countries would work?
Don’t worry.
All it takes is some yeehawdists from Mali to go to the mideast and the bug will do the rest. IT is probably already there.....
All the turd world nations and equatorials are going to get hammered!
One thing mosques, churches and synagogues share—all of the people inhabiting them believe that God will protect them; nevertheless, they all have lightning rods and smoke detectors.
“The decision to reject visa requests from these countries”
Why why why isn’t the US doing this? Are we the stupidest nation on earth?
If you die during haj, that’s a guaranteed ticket to paradise, so who cares if you get ebola.
Sounds like Saudia Arabia is taking it seriously.
The Saudis are a lot of things, but they have rarely been stupid. Its actually quite a feat of cleverness that the dynasty has survived this long. They have a huge list of enemies and no friends they haven’t paid for.
Our coC congregation is open carry. Even the preacher comes armed to services, often stating that the Second Amendment protects our freedom to Worship God. Amen?
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