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| More than two million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage |
| 2019-08-09 |
The hajj, one of the world's largest religious gatherings, is one of Islam's five pillars and must be undertaken by all Muslims with the means at least once in their lives. It consists of a series of religious rites which are completed over five days in Islam's holiest city and its surroundings in western Saudi Arabia. "All of the arms of state have been deployed (and) we are proud to serve as 'God's hosts'," said security forces spokesman Bassam Attia. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Where are the mosquito bombs? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-08-09 16:23 |
| #8 as many of the passengers feel it is completely appropriate to relieve themselves without leaving their seats Huh? What makes them think this is ok? Are they from places that don't know that's disgusting? |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-08-09 15:47 |
| #7 Saudi's decided to cut it back to about 2M So it wasn't such a money maker so much. Whuttasurprise... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-09 11:31 |
| #6 the number of people doing the Hajj was over 3M back a few years ago and the Saudi's decided to cut it back to about 2M fwiw, there is a Shia hajj of sorts in Iraq which draws over 15M per year but it doesn't get the publicity |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-08-09 11:15 |
| #5 Let the riots and tramplings commence! |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-08-09 09:31 |
| #4 My favorite story from the hajj is how airlines use planes they are about to scrap, mothball or (try to) sell as many of the passengers feel it is completely appropriate to relieve themselves without leaving their seats. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-08-09 09:12 |
| #3 Given past death tolls from stampedes and disease outbreaks, the term "lemmings" comes to mind. |
| Posted by: Omomoting Sforza2689 2019-08-09 08:43 |
| #2 My guess would be, not everyone can afford it anymore. Organized religion's an expensive opiate. But they can do it on this now - Pakistain's Hajj Simulator  Think Counterstrikeâ„¢ with just the terrorists. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-09 08:09 |
| #1 ...Without at all being snarky, I would have thought that the number would have been considerably higher. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-08-09 07:34 |