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Muslim pilgrims start hajj in Saudi Arabia
AP ^ | October 14 2013 | The Associated Press

Posted on 10/14/2013 9:08:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

About two million Muslims from around the world prayed at a desert hill in Saudi Arabia on Monday, joined in their faith and desire to purify their souls at the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

It is here on Mount Arafat, marked by a white pillar, where Islam's Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his last sermon to tens of thousands of followers some 1,400 years ago, calling on Muslims to unite.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hajj
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hmmmm

Are Barry Hussein Obama whereaboits known??

1 posted on 10/14/2013 9:08:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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To: MeshugeMikey

Drone practice opportunity?


2 posted on 10/14/2013 9:09:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: MeshugeMikey; MestaMachine; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; sweetiepiezer; txnuke; La Lydia; aragorn; ...

3 posted on 10/14/2013 9:16:46 PM PDT by LucyT
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4 posted on 10/14/2013 9:17:00 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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5 posted on 10/14/2013 9:17:24 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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6 posted on 10/14/2013 9:18:09 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

It’s all sand , turn the damned place into glass


7 posted on 10/14/2013 9:21:28 PM PDT by svcw (Socialism is so great, that it will be forced on you.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

What’s the over/under on the body count?


8 posted on 10/14/2013 9:24:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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has someone..blasted the place? ...../s

word on the street...and the web has it at Millions...

Im certain barry would LOVE to be there...


9 posted on 10/14/2013 9:27:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Paladin2

I dare not....encourage a mass execution....here....


10 posted on 10/14/2013 9:27:54 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: LyinLibs

ah barry made his flight even through the SHUTDOWN....


11 posted on 10/14/2013 9:28:38 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: svcw

I was once greatly admonished not to post my NUKE MECCA NOW...banners...on one network of forums..../s


12 posted on 10/14/2013 9:30:00 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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I meant the number killed - a few hundred hajji get trampled or crushed every year.


13 posted on 10/14/2013 9:31:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

the hysteria....just drives them into a mad frenzy...

I havent found any death count as yet...

they would make GREAT Obama Zombies


14 posted on 10/14/2013 9:35:30 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Hajj stampede death toll reaches 244

In the worst tragedy in seven years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage, 244 worshippers were trampled to death and hundreds more were hurt beneath a crush of people making their way to a ritualistic stoning of the devil.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/millions-flock-mecca-hajj-pilgrimage-article-1.1191107

practice for their favorite sport evidently


16 posted on 10/14/2013 9:37:31 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Slings and Arrows

This years over under is 11,846 +/- 1,872. Unless of course someone screams infidel over a megaphone.


17 posted on 10/14/2013 9:38:01 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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Let the Hajj begin ,..
and let the worldwide distribution of MERSA virus begin
and here we stand with NIH on furlough.
Maybe it's time to put on the influenza masks , bretheran ..
18 posted on 10/14/2013 9:56:23 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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AMEN and AMEN

Today Mecca Tomorrow Medina!!


19 posted on 10/14/2013 9:58:02 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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All going to Mecca where they will pick up a case of SARS and deliver it to the people where they now infest.


20 posted on 10/14/2013 10:08:51 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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