More Than 2 Million Muslims Gather for Hajj

Fox News ^ | 02/07/03 | AP

[JustPiper]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

[Thorondir]

Cry your tears and flame away.

Or just try to explain away any of those pertinent questions.

Sorry to make it so hard for you to protect our nation's worst enemies.

[Thorondir]

...besides...

the only person who has flamed me for asking those questions is Luis Gonzales, who resorted solely to childish name calling and screeched that my mother is a whore.

You are in good company, sir.

[simply marvelous]

"Then most Muslims are lasy asses, because the amount of Muslims attending the Haj is only one-tenth of 1% of the total Muslims worldwide. It is hard to believe that only so few Muslims are able-bodied and can afford the trip. Heck , there are more 60 times more Muslims than that who could take a bus there. So much for their patronizing piety"

They only have to do it once in their lifetime.

[Thorondir]

So you are Lebanese, eh? There is no better food on the planet than yours.

[Rummyfan]

Man, what a tempting target!!!

[BlackVeil]

Why is the religion of peace responsible for nearly every single act of terrorism in the 20th and 21st Centuries?

Taking your question seriously, and not as flame bait, I don't think that assertion is historically valid. Terrorism, as we know it, originated in the anarchist movements in Russia in the 19th c, and Russians still have a dab hand for both individual and state sponsored terror. Aside from that, terrorism in the 20th century is especially marked in the Basque and Irish nationalist struggles - both of these are predominatly Catholic. In terms of numbers of incidents, these two would lead the field. The Zionist movement in Palestine in the 1930s was unafraid to use terrorism, and most people are surprised to learn that the letter bomb was in fact invented by the Irgun. Car bombs, letter bombs and assasinations were all introduced in the Zionist struggle against the British, and previous to that were unknown to the Palestinians.

Muslims have come late, but enthusiastic, to terrorist tactics. They have been in field since the 1970s. The PLO would have to have run one of the most successful terrorist campaigns. Through the use of force they have achieved a level of recognition undreamt of in their misery days of the 1950s.

Some Middle Eastern terrorist groups - such as the Armenian 'Justice Commados' are Christians. This is a group which got tired of hearing the Turkish govt deny the genocide of their people, and decided to start offing Turkish diplomats.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What? No merry-go-round or ferris wheel? Bummer.

[Wolverine]

Have you seen this?

How many terrorists are on these flights..??

About 9,000 of the expected 17,000 pilgrims from Iraq ....

 

...Saudi Arabian Airlines has started a major airlift. Director General Khaled Ben Bakr said the carrier will transport 900,000 pilgrims, a 17 percent increase over last year, from 70 destinations aboard 1,754 flights.

 

...Indonesians make up the largest number of the faithful and have a total Haj quota of 200,000 this year, followed by 130,000 Pakistanis, 116,000 Indians, 103,000 Turks, 91,000 Iranians and 88,000 Egyptians.

[Thorondir]

Good info. Thanks. I will modify the question to the LATE 20th century and beyond.

Peace.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Next stop, Mardi Gras!