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At least 1,301 people died during Hajj - Saudi Arabia
BBC ^ | June 23 | BBC

Posted on 06/23/2024 8:21:53 PM PDT by RandFan

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1 posted on 06/23/2024 8:21:53 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

That’s what you call “a good start.”


2 posted on 06/23/2024 8:23:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Come on. Gotta admit it’s not worth it. Maybe to them I guess.


3 posted on 06/23/2024 8:24:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

No comment......


4 posted on 06/23/2024 8:28:46 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: RandFan

Do they get 72 virginians?


5 posted on 06/23/2024 8:29:00 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: RandFan

By the will of allah?


6 posted on 06/23/2024 8:31:42 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024)
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To: lightman

Did Helen Thomas live in Virginia?


7 posted on 06/23/2024 8:32:43 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: rdl6989

IDK—bt methinks that the Haj casualties are entitle to a half-price special: ≤36.


8 posted on 06/23/2024 8:39:17 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: RandFan

Every Muslim in the world at some point has to make the Hajj.

Saudi Arabians look at non-wealthy foreigners as dirt, fit for slavery. Even worse if they are Shi’ite.


9 posted on 06/23/2024 8:51:46 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: RandFan

Sounds like the Will of Allah.


10 posted on 06/23/2024 8:54:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes indeed. It's a bit of a let down on the over/under,
but you've got to take what they give you.
There's always next season.

11 posted on 06/23/2024 8:55:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: bakeneko

>>>>Every Muslim in the world at some point has to make the Hajj.<<<<

I wonder if Bathhouse Barry’s made his pilgrimage yet.


12 posted on 06/23/2024 8:55:53 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: RandFan

I understand that (m)uslims feel that once in their lifetime they have to go and see the rock. But what I don’t understand is why don’t they pick a season when it isn’t so hot?


13 posted on 06/23/2024 8:56:43 PM PDT by Saintgermain ( )
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To: RandFan

I understand that (m)uslims feel that once in their lifetime they have to and see the rock. But what I don’t understand is why don’t they pick a season when it isn’t so hot?


14 posted on 06/23/2024 8:57:19 PM PDT by Saintgermain ( )
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“ WHEN IS HAJJ?
The Hajj occurs once a year during the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar year. This year, Hajj will take place this month.

For pilgrims, performing Hajj fulfills a religious obligation, but it’s also a deeply spiritual experience of a lifetime for many. It’s seen as a chance to seek God’s forgiveness for past sins, to grow closer to God and to walk in the footsteps of prophets“.

https://apnews.com/article/islam-muslim-what-is-hajj-b7fef33d791a15a21193e696c0fe8cc1


15 posted on 06/23/2024 9:13:27 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Saintgermain

When I posted a reference to these deaths they were at that time 600, number now has doubled.

Being that it is required of all Muslims to do this at least once in their lifetime and it is seen as a chance to seek God’s forgiveness for past sins, it makes me wonder if some that go have committed grave sins and prior to going on to the next world hope to be forgiven, hence the number of elderly or just any number of big time sinners in the crowd.

Just a thought is all.


16 posted on 06/23/2024 9:19:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: bakeneko

Muslims must make the Haj once in their lifetime. It is considered a commandment but, on the other hand, a Muslim who blows him or herself up next to an “Infidel” is considered to have made the Haj. So either way they deserve to die in the Saudi heat.


17 posted on 06/23/2024 9:22:41 PM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.i)
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To: RandFan
Ezekiel 33:11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from their ways and live;

turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2033%3A11&version=NRSVUE
18 posted on 06/23/2024 9:26:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: metmom

inshallah... إن شاء الله


19 posted on 06/23/2024 9:38:24 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: RandFan

That’s all?


20 posted on 06/23/2024 9:50:15 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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