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It's official: no hajj for Iranians this year
2016-05-30
[AlAhram]
Iran blames Saudis, Saudis blame Iran. Both are correct.
Posted by:trailing wife

#11  Hajj?
Gesundheit!
Posted by: European Conservative   2016-05-30 19:44  

#10  #7 Yea, but I like Zoroastrianism. Maybe with a twist of Allan identified with Ahr*man
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-30 16:13  

#9  fwiw, the Hajj (or more accurately the Great Hajj) will be from ~Sept 9 to ~Sept 15 this year

- yes, Sept 11 falls in that period
Posted by: lord garth   2016-05-30 12:18  

#8  Ship, are those the canine-ites mentioned in the Bible?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2016-05-30 10:43  

#7  "Do we really need this religion...

And so they have been, g(r)omgoru. A quick google gives us the following, among many others.

Iran's secret Christian movement grows, with help from abroad

Turning away from Shia in Iran: ''A Tsunami of Atheism''
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-05-30 10:33  

#6  The answer is to make the religion of sociopaths... unprofitable.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-05-30 10:31  

#5  If I were an Iranian, I'd stop and think "Do we really need this religion of sociopaths invented by an illiterate Arab? Especially, considering the fact that our ancestors invented the only religion without any logical loopholes?"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-30 06:48  

#4  One can always hope Iran embarks on a kinetic Hajj.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-05-30 04:16  

#3  Haji Nazi... No Haji for you.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2016-05-30 04:10  

#2  If I were a Persian I'd set up my own hell hole in the desert, with rides, water, rocks and a real artificial black boulder. Maybe wymens, it would be yuuuuuuuuge and a golf course of course, A Marina? Hell yes! What do you mean? Liquid, hell my friend there's 7 million Jooooooooos an hours flight away! They can make water out of sand AND THEIR BOOKKEEPING SKILLZ, hell you want liquid? I'll bring you an Ocean! No moron, it won't look bad, we'll play it like the running of the Bullz in Pamplona Alabama. People will pay to watch and beg to participate. Easy peasy.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-30 03:07  

#1  Outstanding.
Now the hajj bombing will have a scapegoat.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-05-30 01:31  

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