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History of tragedies at Haj pilgrimage (Second Worst Tragedy at Haj)
Arab News ^ | Thursday 24 September 2015

Posted on 09/24/2015 10:40:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The deadly stampede at the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday is just the latest tragedy to strike the pilgrimage.

Here is a timeline of significant incidents during the annual event, which draws around two million Muslim faithful from around the world.

SNIP

• 2006 January 6: 76 people die when a hotel collapses in the city center.

January 12: 364 pilgrims are killed in a stampede during the stoning ritual in Mina. The ritual involves Haj participants throwing pebbles at three headstones, symbolizing their rejection of Satan.

(Excerpt) Read more at arabnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; sharia
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1 posted on 09/24/2015 10:40:36 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Allah’s will?


2 posted on 09/24/2015 10:41:33 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag necessary?)
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To: nickcarraway

Stupid muslims. Too much inbreeding.


3 posted on 09/24/2015 10:43:24 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: nickcarraway

This could be made into an annual betting game you know.


4 posted on 09/24/2015 10:44:13 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Behold the Yebetable. It is something like a vegetable, but with less energy.)
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To: nickcarraway

Didn’t a whole gang of them die one time when they set an airplane on fire when cooking over an open fire in the aisle. How 7th century of them. And Obama and Francis want us to welcome them to 21st century America.


5 posted on 09/24/2015 10:45:00 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Psalm 144

Fantasy Jihad League.


6 posted on 09/24/2015 10:45:26 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: nickcarraway

Breaking: Heaven announces a shortage of virgins.


7 posted on 09/24/2015 10:46:08 AM PDT by Calpublican (Boehner,McConnell,Corker,McCain,Alexander,Hatch,Graham+More=Corrupt)
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe I’m.missing something? Does something happen at these Haji events which whips people into a frenzy?? This isn’t the first stampede they have had related to the Hajj events.


8 posted on 09/24/2015 10:46:24 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nickcarraway

And to think the media is so unfairly accused of doing nothing but report negative stories.


9 posted on 09/24/2015 10:46:27 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: nickcarraway

The devil desires blood...


10 posted on 09/24/2015 10:48:29 AM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: nickcarraway
July 2: A huge stampede in a tunnel at Mina after a failure in its ventilation system kills 1,426 pilgrims, mainly from Asia.

I was living in SA when this occurred. The list in the article doesn't include the many accidents related to the travel of hajis to SA. Plane crashes, sinking ships, etc. have killed thousands as well.

11 posted on 09/24/2015 10:51:54 AM PDT by kabar
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I read and re-read the story. What was the “tragedy”?


12 posted on 09/24/2015 10:52:12 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (Beau Biden's funeral, attended by Bp. Malooly, Card. McCarrick, and Papal Nuncio, Abp. Vigano.)
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I guess your training didn’t include the fact that Catholicism is different than Islam. Or did you change into an Imam?


13 posted on 09/24/2015 10:53:54 AM PDT by nickcarraway (Trump is to conservatism as Caitlyn Jenner is to female.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

Reminds me of the punchline to the old lawyer joke: “It’s a start.”


14 posted on 09/24/2015 11:04:39 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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To: nickcarraway

It was clearly caused by a Zionist conspiracy.


15 posted on 09/24/2015 11:09:52 AM PDT by glorgau
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/24/hajj-crush-kills-scores-near-mecca-live-coverage

AFP has more details of the stoning the devil ritual, during which the stampede occurred:

...The ritual emulates the Prophet Abraham, who is said to have stoned the devil at three locations when he tried to dissuade Abraham from God’s order to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

At the last moment, God spares the boy, sending a sheep to be sacrificed in his place.

The world’s Muslims commemorated Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son by slaughtering cows, sheep and other animals on Thursday.


16 posted on 09/24/2015 11:11:49 AM PDT by opentalk
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Except that WE know (as does every Christian and Jewish believer out there) that it was ISAAC, the true ‘child of promise’, not Ishmael.


17 posted on 09/24/2015 11:15:54 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Only one solution left.....)
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To: Yo-Yo

Just another occurrence of the massteria that is Islam.


18 posted on 09/24/2015 11:19:09 AM PDT by conservativeimage (THE OTHERS ARE COMING. (LOST) Obama's others: welfare immigrants, race and gang rioters, jihadists)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Many "devil stoning" events have lead to a sort of feeding frenzy where hundreds of Muslims just > whoop * pop - goes the weasel # dead. Today's secret word is (hushed tone) fanaticism
19 posted on 09/24/2015 11:23:35 AM PDT by conservativeimage (THE OTHERS ARE COMING. (LOST) Obama's others: welfare immigrants, race and gang rioters, jihadists)
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To: opentalk

Hows that new high rise stone tossing platform working out. Everyone forgets the Indian deaths. They had to install elephant rails for the political events.


20 posted on 09/24/2015 11:26:30 AM PDT by Domangart
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