Posted on 06/21/2024 3:07:20 PM PDT by Beowulf9
As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims had died of heat stroke and 2,000 have been hospitalised for treatment. A virtual clinic treated more thousands remotely. Some 324 of the dead were Egyptians, while dozens were from Jordan.
The season of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam, just ended. Some 1.8 million pilgrims participated.
Eyewitnesses said that not all the dead were elderly, that young persons died, as well.
Pilgrims carry out a series of rituals during the pilgrimage, beginning with preparing themselves and establishing their pious intention. Many of the steps involve being outside and being active. They dress in white robes. They circumambulate the cube-shaped Kaaba shrine. They run between the nearby hillocks of Safa and Marwa seven times, in commemoration of the search of Abraham’s wife Hajar for water for her son with the patriarch, Ishmael. They walk or are taken in buses to Mina and spend some nights of the pilgrimage there. There, they throw stones at satan.
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Who shives a git
Like a bunch of pagan ants sucking on a big sugar cube
Well, it’s something.
Not much, but something.
A small start, anyway.
I was in Seattle last week and froze my tootsies. I am Florida man, and regretfully did not pack any warm jacket or sweater.
From the picture that site doesn’t seem to have a footprint much different than that of a ballpark - they’ve got oil money out the wazoo; if they’re bothered by their body count, they can put a dome on the damn thing and air condition it instead of spending so much oil loot on slaughtering Israelis.
It’s a good start!
if you listened carefully to the BBC and other propaganda outfits, 1.8m was just the overseas registered visitors; then there were hundreds of thousands who couldn’t get registered (quotas apply to each country); then there were hundreds of thousands of Saudis.
unregistered didn’t get the air-conditioned tents or the bottles of water, etc.
mostly it was unregistered who died. no numbers could be verified. could be 50 dead for all anyone knows.
plenty are elderly making the visit as they near the end of their lives.
I should have stayed in the lodge
instead of going to this Hajj
But I listened to my Iman
who was continually chiming
You need to go to the Hajj
No reason for you to dodge
As I lie dying in this heat
with stinking breath and burning feet
the last words from my lips
Did Mohammed really make this trip?
From 2004:
“...as they near the end of their lives”.
Nearer than they figured.
Photo....
From the book
Where’s Al-Wasir-Waldo?🕌
Photo...
Count 171 from the lower left, moving up and to the right and there’s a guy with bacon on his beard.
Great stuff. In top position for best post. 🏆
LOL that should be published 👍🏻
Imagine dying while you are literally worshipping Satan.
It's strange what desire, will make foolish people do.
that’s a good start!
Thanks.
Love it!
Thanks.
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