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Arabia
Saudi preachers blame sinners for lack of rain
2008-02-10
RIYADH- Saudi preachers on Saturday conducted prayers for rain in their desert kingdom and blamed the empty skies on sinfulness, the official Spa news agency reported.

“Misfortune does not befall (a country) unless sins have been committed there,” said the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Sheikh Abderrahman bin Abdel Aziz al-Sudeiss.
Maybe it's because you've been mean to the Jooooz ...
The sheikh, a critic of what he calls the “goodly number of people who chase after forbidden pleasures,” singled out as particularly responsible for the lack of rain “corruption, bribery and the search for ill-gotten gain.”
All those loose wimmins have kept us in heat!"
In the capital, Riyadh, prayers were conducted by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdelaziz al-Sheikh, who heads the highest religious authority in the kingdom. He also exhorted the faithful to “avoid the forbidden and the illicit,” before calling on God to “shower the country with beneficial rains, for the good of the land and of men.”

In a ritual practised since the time of the Prophet Mohammed (PTUI), the prayers for rain consist of a procession in which the faithful seek the generosity of heaven.

Saudi Arabia is one of the most arid countries in the world and must routinely resort to desalination plants to provide enough drinking water.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Elmer Gantry goes to the Mosques too I see.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-02-10 16:25  

#6  per wunderground the 5 day forecast for Riyadh for the period beginning today is for dry weather - not even any clouds. The 5 day forecast for Mecca is similar (one day with clouds - 4 without).

tough luck
Posted by: mhw   2008-02-10 16:12  

#5  It's a desert dickweed. It doesn't rain there much anyway. Mooslimbs on parade.
Posted by: Icerigger   2008-02-10 15:56  

#4  We've had plenty of rain this year here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Posted by: Penguin   2008-02-10 09:08  

#3  Â“corruption, bribery and the search for ill-gotten gain.”

Hmmm. I think the imam might be on the right track, but blames the wrong things. When they were an insular country, allah blessed them with oil. Not that their chief export is unbridled violence, it's payback time.
Posted by: Vanc   2008-02-10 03:38  

#2  The "Dowsing Stick" is used to find ground water, not airborne water.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-02-10 00:58  

#1  Forbidden pleasures, like Vanity?
Posted by: newc   2008-02-10 00:32  

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