[C19fan]

Islam uses a pure lunar calendar with no adjustments to try to align with the solar year. So the hajj season can fall during anytime of the solar year. Spending close to a week crammed in with 2 MM other people is not my cup of tea. Dealing with 50 K at Disney World is hard enough.

[miss marmelstein]

More dead muslims.

[beethovenfan]

Let’s see if they can beat their record this year.

[AU72]

What’s the over/under on deaths this year?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Maybe off topic, but I’ve heard non Muslims are banned from Mecca. It’s so crazy to hear Moslems bitch about discrimination and all that, when the heart of Islam in Saudi actually bans “infidels” from certain areas.

[EvilCapitalist]

Talk about a target rich enviroment.

[rktman]

Oh, ‘Burning Man, Middle East Chapter’. Of course without the scantily clad ladies(?).

[IWontSubmit]

The Hajj oftentimes gets quite entertaining ....
Cull.

[SERKIT]

Lemmings do what lemmings do...

[VietVet876]

Wonder what the count would be after a five megaton air burst at 20,000 feet?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Islam uses a pure lunar calendar

So they're Pure Loons?

[Sirius Lee]

a deadly stampede killed more than 2,000 worshippers

And if someone were to drop a slice of bacon or a bar of soap into that pig pen it would happen all over again.

[onedoug]

Homage to the moon god, a pedophile and a meteoric fragment.

[JimRed]

Target rich environment.

[Berosus]

Why do so many pilgrims come during one month? Isn’t Mecca open all year round?

[Gman]

How many Antifa and Knit Uterus capped protesters are going to show up to protest the treatment of women?

[NorthMountain]

We should send them a nice W-88 or two.

Because we care.

[HombreSecreto]

One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, walk
Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, walk
Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, walk
We’re gonna walk around the rock tonight

[ScottinVA]

Target-rich environment.

[kabar]

You can’t enter Mecca if you are not a Muslim. They check your IDs at the city limits. Historically, there have been many mass tragedies during the Haj. The logistics have improved, but you can’t get that many people together in such a relatively small area without having problems.

[PGR88]

How does Saudi Arabia handle the visas and logistics of 2 million people at any given time?

I assume travel visas are short-term. I also assume these tourists are not allowed to travel around the country at will. I also assume they are treated quite harshly if they overstay their visas or commit any crimes when in Saudi Arabia.