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Mecca sees over 1,000 deaths during the Hajj, a pilgrimage threatened by climate change
Le Monde ^ | June 21, 2024 | Laure Stephan (Beirut (Lebanon) correspondent), Audrey Garric and Eliott Brachet (Cairo, corresponde

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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1 posted on 06/21/2024 7:10:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Breaking news. Saudi Arabia is hot in the summer.


2 posted on 06/21/2024 7:13:05 AM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: Red Badger

Vaxx


3 posted on 06/21/2024 7:13:34 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe they should stop and think whether it’s a good idea to make that walk when it’s 122° outside.


4 posted on 06/21/2024 7:14:03 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Red Badger

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?


5 posted on 06/21/2024 7:14:11 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Red Badger

Its a start.


6 posted on 06/21/2024 7:14:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: refreshed

It is hot in the deserts of Saudi Arabia during summer? Who knew. /sarc


7 posted on 06/21/2024 7:16:38 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Red Badger

8 posted on 06/21/2024 7:17:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

1000 is a start.


9 posted on 06/21/2024 7:22:08 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Red Badger

There is a message there. By the will of Allah, at least a thousand less terrorists.


10 posted on 06/21/2024 7:22:23 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Trump Please Build the Wall, And Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone. End H1B!)
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To: Red Badger

Good start.


11 posted on 06/21/2024 7:22:48 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Red Badger
I should have stayed in the lodge
instead of going to this Hajj
But I listened to my Iman
who was continually chiming
You need to go to the Hajj
No reason for you to dodge
As I lie dying in this heat
with stinking breath and burning feet
the last words from my lips
Did Mohammed really make this trip?
12 posted on 06/21/2024 7:23:37 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: Red Badger

50C = 122F. A stampede at 122F sounds like fun.


13 posted on 06/21/2024 7:23:49 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Red Badger

Couldn’t happen to more deserving group of nutjobs.


14 posted on 06/21/2024 7:24:06 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: econjack
Your post made me think of something I hadn't considered before: Muhammad lived in the 7th century (600's) during the Dark Age cooling period. So his trek to Mecca would have probably been during cooler summers than what they had later in the Medieval Warm Period or today in the Modern Warm Period.

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).


15 posted on 06/21/2024 7:26:05 AM PDT by Tell It Right (Galatians 6:14 -- May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...)
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To: Red Badger

EV mandates to save the Muzzie pilgrims! Not doing so would be racist and genocidal.


16 posted on 06/21/2024 7:26:33 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Red Badger

No comment........


17 posted on 06/21/2024 7:29:48 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Red Badger

crowd crush <—-> lots of feelskees helping in the heating up


18 posted on 06/21/2024 7:40:08 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: no-to-illegals

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.


19 posted on 06/21/2024 7:46:02 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Red Badger

“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.


20 posted on 06/21/2024 7:46:07 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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