Posted on 06/21/2024 7:10:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
The homecoming of pilgrims who have completed the Hajj is usually an opportunity to celebrate with their loved ones. This year, however, hundreds of families in Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Jordan are in mourning: More than a thousand pilgrims have died during the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which took place from Friday, June 14, to Wednesday, June 19, with the thermometer showing intense heat, topping 50°C on Monday.
Tragedies, such as a deadly crowd crush in 2015 (which led to more than 2,000 deaths), regularly occur during this major religious event, which brought together more than 1.8 million Muslims this year. Climate change threatens extreme conditions in the future.
The grim death toll, compiled by Agence France-Presse (AFP), is not official. It is based on figures supplied by the victims' countries of origin, over 10 countries thus far. Diplomats have reported the deaths of their compatriot pilgrims due to heatstrokes, heart attacks or complications linked to high blood pressure. Egyptians were the most numerous victims: Over 600 have died during this pilgrimage, which is the fifth pillar of Islam. On Egyptian social media, videos of bodies covered in shrouds and pilgrims in distress, overwhelmed by the heat, have sparked a wave of indignation and confusion.
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Breaking news. Saudi Arabia is hot in the summer.
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Maybe they should stop and think whether it’s a good idea to make that walk when it’s 122° outside.
Gee, it’s never ever been that hot in Saudi Arabia in June before. (/s)
Maybe if the cultists didn’t jam together by the hundreds of thousands in such heat?
Its a start.
It is hot in the deserts of Saudi Arabia during summer? Who knew. /sarc
1000 is a start.
There is a message there. By the will of Allah, at least a thousand less terrorists.
Good start.
50C = 122F. A stampede at 122F sounds like fun.
Couldn’t happen to more deserving group of nutjobs.
In the graph below, he would have lived in the small blue half-circle between the Roman Warm Period and the Medieval Warm Period, probably on the left side of the blue circle while average temps were still cooling until they bottomed around AD 700 or 900 (depending on who you ask).
EV mandates to save the Muzzie pilgrims! Not doing so would be racist and genocidal.
No comment........
crowd crush <—-> lots of feelskees helping in the heating up
Lots of true believers gather who have money for the trip. Is this the time when most gather? When the SHTF that’s where you want them to be for maximum effect. I remember Tom Tancredo suggesting Mecca and Medina as targets of interest. Nah. too scary.
“More than a thousand pilgrims have died during the pilgrimage to Mecca”
Let’s see. 1000 x 72 virgins = hope they don’t run out of virgins.
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