Evil Dynovac
TRIBE Member
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!
This middle eastern religious event claims hundreds of lives each year on average due to trampling and general ignorant religious fervor. The so-called organisers of this civic nightmare has gone on record to say that 'any pilgrim killed while attending the Haj is considered a martyr and goes directly to heaven.'
Yesterday over two hundred pilgrims died by trampling. These people line up to throw stones at a trio of pillars, which is their way of saying they hate the devil. Can you imagine having hundreds of people beneath your feet whilst you pledge your love to God?
This year has been light by comparison.
Mon, February 2, 2004
Disaster plagues pilgrims
The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina has been plagued by disaster in recent years:
- July 31, 1987 -- 402 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, are killed and 649 wounded in Mecca when security forces clash with Iranians staging an illegal anti-U.S. demonstration.
- July 2, 1990 -- In the worst haj tragedy, 1,426 pilgrims, many of them Malaysians, Indonesian and Pakistanis, are killed in a Mecca stampede in tunnels leading to holy sites.
- May 23, 1994 -- 270 pilgrims, most of them Indonesian, are killed in a stampede in Mecca.
- April 15, 1997 -- Fires tear through a sprawling, overcrowded tent city at Mina, trapping and killing more than 340 pilgrims and injuring 1,500.
- Feb. 1, 2004 -- 244 pilgrims are killed in a stampede during the devil-stoning ritual.
I can understand why there are so many suicide bombings in the Middle East. Look at how they conduct themselves during peaceful religious demonstration. INSANE! If I'm sounding bigotted or closed minded then I'm terribly sorry, but I haven't killed two hundred people today so I can't be all that bad.
This middle eastern religious event claims hundreds of lives each year on average due to trampling and general ignorant religious fervor. The so-called organisers of this civic nightmare has gone on record to say that 'any pilgrim killed while attending the Haj is considered a martyr and goes directly to heaven.'
Yesterday over two hundred pilgrims died by trampling. These people line up to throw stones at a trio of pillars, which is their way of saying they hate the devil. Can you imagine having hundreds of people beneath your feet whilst you pledge your love to God?
This year has been light by comparison.
Mon, February 2, 2004
Disaster plagues pilgrims
The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina has been plagued by disaster in recent years:
- July 31, 1987 -- 402 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, are killed and 649 wounded in Mecca when security forces clash with Iranians staging an illegal anti-U.S. demonstration.
- July 2, 1990 -- In the worst haj tragedy, 1,426 pilgrims, many of them Malaysians, Indonesian and Pakistanis, are killed in a Mecca stampede in tunnels leading to holy sites.
- May 23, 1994 -- 270 pilgrims, most of them Indonesian, are killed in a stampede in Mecca.
- April 15, 1997 -- Fires tear through a sprawling, overcrowded tent city at Mina, trapping and killing more than 340 pilgrims and injuring 1,500.
- Feb. 1, 2004 -- 244 pilgrims are killed in a stampede during the devil-stoning ritual.
I can understand why there are so many suicide bombings in the Middle East. Look at how they conduct themselves during peaceful religious demonstration. INSANE! If I'm sounding bigotted or closed minded then I'm terribly sorry, but I haven't killed two hundred people today so I can't be all that bad.