Below, a picture of Muslims throwing stones in Mecca at the stone pillar representing the Devil:
Posted on 01/12/2006 2:17:49 PM PST by Sax
At least 345 die in Mecca stampede
Posted: 12-01-2006 , 16:43 GMT
At least 345 people were killed in a stampede, which occurred in Mecca as tens of thousands of pilgrims headed toward al-Jamarat, a series of three pillars representing the devil that the faithful pelt with stones to purge themselves of sin.
The Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said 345 people died. More than 1,000 people were wounded, said Dr. Abbasi with the Saudi Red Crescent. State-run Saudi television Al-Ekhbariyah reported that most of the victims were from South Asia.
The stampede took place as pilgrims were rushing to complete the last of three days of the stoning ritual before sunset, al-Turki, added, according to the AP. Some of the pilgrims started to trip over dropped luggage, causing a large pileup, he said.
The site is a bottleneck for the massive crowds that attend the annual hajj pilgrimage and has seen deadly stampedes in the past, including one in 1990 that killed 1,426 people and another in February 2004 that killed 244.
The latest incident came despite Saudi efforts to ease the flow of traffic around al-Jamarat.
Had they followed the true God, this would never have happened. Don't you know that true believers never die in mishaps.
That is what I can't figure out? You can bank on this happening every year. I would think by now they would have figured out how to stop these kinds of things from happening.
By the beard of the prophet. Humdulilah!
Surely the 345 died are matyrs who have taken up their seats in heaven, and even now the virgins minister to their wounds!
May their martyrdom multiply a million fold and may the virgins have an incredibly difficult task of reconstituting their fractured hymens, in the name of Allah, and the one prophet who carries his sacred mark!
Was any of the luggage made out of PIG SKIN?
LOL...
Hahahah! When I did it, I got a bomb explosion, with a bunch of Arabic script in it that I couldn't read. When I clicked on it, it went to showtimeoffers.com/lost/arabic or something like that. *crazy*!!
In a computer UI class, my group was reviewing a program that catalogued music. I have a sound file from one of the calls made from an American Airlines flight attendant on 9/11. The software took it, and attached the CD cover of the American Pie soundtrack to it. I know it was automatic, but ugh....
Same here
Oh I'm going to go to hell for this one....
With the link to luggage, maybe this is the mohammedans take on the Samsonite Gorilla...
New ad material for the durability of Samsonite.
The latest incident came despite Saudi efforts to ease the flow of traffic around al-Jamarat.
What? They have multi/passenger lanes there TOO???
Damn, this crap has gone too far!!!
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Sounds like the ritual works.
Sounds like they did the "Aligator Stomp".
:)
Below, a picture of Muslims throwing stones in Mecca at the stone pillar representing the Devil:
Women and kids don't "get" to go! Men are the only ones who count in the muslem world.
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These are very primitive people. World knowledge remains beyond their grasp. Their lives are lived in a very small box of highly dubious religious belief, which they cling to as a drowning man might cling to driftwood. They have no philosophy, no science, no economics, no understanding of even their own past and no viable hope for their future. They will probably kill to stay in that box!
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