Posted on 09/24/2015 7:31:38 AM PDT by grundle
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in 25 years.
At least 805 others were injured in the crush at Mina, a few miles east of Mecca, caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way to performing the "stoning the devil" ritual at Jamarat, Saudi civil defence said.
Thursday's disaster was the worst to befall the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were crushed to death in a tunnel near Mecca. Both stampedes occurred on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), Islam's most important feast and the day of the stoning ritual.
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Someone dropped the soap.
It’s the Joos fault. </sarc>
107 killed when the crane collapsed. I knew that would put a curse on this year’s Hajj and sure enough it did as 700 got trampled underfoot and killed.
The Muslim version of Burning Man out in the desert
Could somebody do a parody of the Charlie Daniels classic:
“The Devil went down to Mecca,
“He was looking for some souls to steal.
“Hoping to score a huge haul,
“Of those who followed him unawares.
“When he saw several hundred thousand
“Hajjis throwing stones at him,
“The Devil took stock from a nearby rock,
“And said, `you’ll be sorry for that!’
“I’ll sow the seeds of panic,
“And throw them into a scare.
“They’ll trample each other by the hundreds,
“And me, will I even care?
Anyone care to continue?
They were all rushing to see Ahmed’s clock. It’s the first thing Muslims invented in a 1000 years.
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