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Man commits suicide at Mecca's Grand Mosque
www.al-monitor.com ^ | 6/9/2018 | Bandar Al-DANDANI

Posted on 06/10/2018 7:33:21 AM PDT by rktman

A man has committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca, Saudi police said Saturday.

"A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca" to the courtyard below, "resulting in his instant death", state news agency SPA said, quoting police. The rare act was not the first of its kind to take place in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam -- which, like other monotheistic religions, prohibits suicide. The body was transported to hospital, with an investigation underway "to determine the victim's identity, what led to the act and how he was able to commit it despite the existence of a metal fence", SPA said. Last year, a Saudi man tried to set himself on fire in front of the Kaaba -- the s quare stone building in the centre of the mosque compound -- but was stopped by security forces.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: islam; suicide
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To: rktman

Wow, never knew of Spade’s connection to BJ’s wife or Michael O until just now....

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21 posted on 06/10/2018 8:08:05 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

22 posted on 06/10/2018 8:08:35 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: JPJones
“Islam — which, like other monotheistic religions, prohibits suicide.”

It's true.

It's also true that dying while attacking infidels is not considered suicide under Islam, it's considered martyrdom, and results in the martyr being guaranteed instant entrance to Paradise.

23 posted on 06/10/2018 8:09:40 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Clap for the wolfman)
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To: rktman

*slam prohibits suicide, unless it’s to blow up a bunch of infidels, in which case the self-killer gets 72 female virgins and 17 male.


24 posted on 06/10/2018 8:10:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: rktman

It’s a start.


25 posted on 06/10/2018 8:18:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: rktman

Driven mad by Islamism.


26 posted on 06/10/2018 8:24:43 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Enterprise

Gotta give him a 10 for form but no better than 7 for style.


27 posted on 06/10/2018 8:51:27 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: PapaBear3625

“It’s also true that dying while attacking infidels is not considered suicide under Islam, it’s considered martyrdom, and results in the martyr being guaranteed instant entrance to Paradise.”

Which makes Islam evil.


28 posted on 06/10/2018 9:00:34 AM PDT by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: JPJones

I thought they permitted suicide so long as you took out as many Jews and infidels with you as possible.


29 posted on 06/10/2018 9:03:43 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: JudyinCanada

“I thought they permitted suicide so long as you took out as many Jews and infidels with you as possible.”

Apparently that’s the case.

So to sum Islam up:

Killing only yourself: Bad

Killing yourself and as many innocents as possible: Fantastic!


30 posted on 06/10/2018 9:07:19 AM PDT by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: Nifster

So true, a Muslim above all else including nationalism.


31 posted on 06/10/2018 9:24:35 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: rktman

ALLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH...........SPLAT


32 posted on 06/10/2018 9:36:30 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Possible but he must have snuck in since non Mohammedans aren’t allowed into the Mecca area.


33 posted on 06/10/2018 9:39:03 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yep, one down, @ 1.5bn of ‘em to go.


34 posted on 06/10/2018 9:40:29 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: rktman

Quite an appropriate place to commit suicide, Mecca, the Devil’s Navel.


35 posted on 06/10/2018 9:46:17 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: usconservative
#34: "Yep, one down, @ 1.5bn of ‘em to go."

Wisdom of the Orient:

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Confucius

36 posted on 06/10/2018 10:23:59 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

*** “It’s a start” ***

Then I hope it becomes a Trend and finally Mandatory.

I am a Dreamer


37 posted on 06/10/2018 12:56:15 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!)
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To: Enterprise

“There is no up close photo of the aftermath.”

Pretty sure I heard a “splash”. Blood spatter and white robes don’t mix.


38 posted on 06/10/2018 1:04:50 PM PDT by moovova
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To: rktman

Clapper???
Brennan???

Anybody seen them lately?


39 posted on 06/10/2018 2:15:27 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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