Stampede kills more than 700 at

Stampede kills more than 700 at Hajj pilgrimage near Mecca


(CNN)—A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca -- has killed more than 700 people and injured 800 others in Saudi Arabia.

The stampede occurred Thursday morning during the ritual known as "stoning the devil" in the tent city of Mina, about 2 miles from Mecca, Islam's holiest city.

For full story see:http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/middleeast/stampede-hajj-pilgrimage/

I blame the Saudi royal family.  Most of the horrible bits of Islam began their twistedness at their hands (Osama Bin Laden was one of them).  The land is renown for its lack of human rights and its appalling treatment of women.  The management of the Hajj is one of corruption and money-grabbing.  

Those folk aren't too bright, lol.    

arirish wrote: Technophobe- I agree with you but most of the pilgrims don't! "The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever can manage to die in Madinah, let him die there, for I will intercede for whoever dies there.” Most of them pray to die there!

"In your wanders through life you come accross a pile of rocks. You can build a house with them or you can..." Throw them at the Devil and start a stampede. Brilliant idea. We don't need to fight them in a war. All we need to do is all of us send them a box of rocks.

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