Pilgrims pack Mecca ahead of annual haj

[nhboy]

"MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - About 1 million Muslim pilgrims from across the world packed the mosque and streets around the Kaaba shrine in the holy city of Mecca for the last Friday prayers before the annual haj pilgrimage.

Pilgrims trekked to the mosque hours in advance to reserve a space for their prayer mats as close as possible to the Kaaba, a cubic stone structure which Muslims regard as the centre of an ancestral monotheistic cult established by the prophet Ibrahim, known to Jews and Christians as the patriarch Abraham."

Pilgrims pack Mecca ahead of annual haj | International | Reuters

 

[beerlover]

Where's a rogue B-52 pilot and crew when you need them.....

 

[Sonsie]

How much ya wanna bet at least 5 will die in the inevitable stampede that happens every year? One year it was some crazy number like 345 people during the ceremonial "stoning of the devil".

 

[Hessian]

We need...

Avarian Flu, Hepititis, Diptheria, Pox, TB, Flesh eating bacteria, and what other gems the third world can cook up.

Then: Set up your average "Goat on a Stick" concession stand.


I'd guess it would take them 2 days to start crying for the US to come help them in their hours of need.

I say: let Allah help them.

 

[tommyjones]

Avarian Flu, Hepititis, Diptheria, Pox, TB, Flesh eating bacteria, and what other gems the third world can cook up.

Then: Set up your average "Goat on a Stick" concession stand.


I'd guess it would take them 2 days to start crying for the US to come help them in their hours of need.

I say: let Allah help them.

more wisdom from the forums favorite super bigot

 

[huntr1]

Where's a rogue B-52 pilot and crew when you need them.....

Airburst biological. Followup with carpet bombing of pickled pigsfeet aned severed cadaver feet (sans shoes).