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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Islamic Darwin Award winners. Is this a bad thing? Asking for a friend...
Lacking no comparison to previous years puts the lie to this story.
Note, many who go on this do so late in life — way down on the bucket list. Soo, most vulnerable.
Higher Power does not accept hajj, nothing to do with climate change.
It’s too bad it wasn’t a million.
Right - climate change just in that area.
More people are trampled to death than succumb to the heat
Because the Muslim calendar is 11 days shorter than a solar year, the Hajj isn't always in summer. Muslims who feel the need to fulfill their obligation could wait 10 or 15 years and go when it's not such a hot part of the year.
Mecca sees over 1,000 deaths during the Hajj
Well, it seems like a good start.
Aka “a good start”
Because it has never been hot in the desert.....
Climate change? People have been dying on a hajj for the last 1400 years when it hits in summer. Supposedly a guarantee of “paradise”.
Should have hit the “targets” after 9/11. Even I (an idiot) knew saudi royals were involved …..
1,300 ‘most vulnerable’ Hajj pilgrims died from heat wave in Saudi Arabia
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/06/23/eg-1301-die-in-hajj/4471719181744/
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