Thread: Hajj stampede: At least 220 killed in Saudi Arabia

At least 220 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say.

Another 450 people were injured in the incident at Mina, between Mount Arafat and Mecca's Grand Mosque.

The stampede occurred as more than a million pilgrims were taking part in the last major rite of the Hajj.

Earlier this month, a crane collapsed at Mecca's Grand Mosque, killing 109 people and injuring some 400 others.

The Hajj had been largely incident-free for the past nine years as a result of a series of safety improvements made the Saudi authorities.

In 2006, a stampede during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina left 364 pilgrims dead.

Hajj stampede: At least 220 killed in Saudi Arabia - BBC News

Inshalla!

As far as entertainment value goes they're still way behind Calgary

What a trag.........

Oh, never mind.

i would imagine the majority being young kids,women and the elderly..

RIP. They are nothing more than ordinary people who got unlucky after getting lucky. (Haj lottery)

Death toll rising. After reading this I looked at BBC news who said it wS 300, then the Grauniad and it was up again to 310.

What would Muhammad think of the abundant obsession?

Good figures in this years annual cull then.

The incident was God's will, which is above everything !

Incident was pure greed and stupidity.
Cramming all those into one place 1 million +
standing shoulder to shoulder getting drunk on Allah
and getting all excited about the main attraction
stoning ole nick. or a brick wall.
In 50 + degrees temp.
A disaster waiting to happen.

Originally Posted by billy the kid

Incident was pure greed and stupidity.
Cramming all those into one place 1 million +
standing shoulder to shoulder getting drunk on Allah
and getting all excited about the main attraction
stoning ole nick. or a brick wall.
In 50 + degrees temp.
A disaster waiting to happen.

A disaster waiting to continue because....

The show must go on !

Originally Posted by billy the kid

Incident was pure greed and stupidity.
Cramming all those into one place 1 million +
standing shoulder to shoulder getting drunk on Allah
and getting all excited about the main attraction
stoning ole nick. or a brick wall.
In 50 + degrees temp.
A disaster waiting to happen.

Really, because a lot of people would just call it fuckwits in charge of crowd control.

It's not like they haven't had enough goes to get it right.

Perhaps if they let a few non-mussies in there to help out they might get it right.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Really,

Yes yes arry

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

The show must go on !

Allahs will. maybe bigger next time.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

RIP. They are nothing more than ordinary people who got unlucky after getting lucky. (Haj lottery)

Correction. All the above but if they didn't believe in that religious claptrap they wouldn't be there. Ultimately the fault of those scumbags who promote that rubbish for their own nasty ends.

overcome by religious hysteria as if possessed by spirits these people throw all caution to the wind and enter situations that if they had complete control of their faculties they would not dream of doing. to die at the haj is a great honour for them, as allah has promised they will be able to enjoy everlasting paedo minge in the afterlife.

i once went to one of these gatherings of the clan in india. a hindu festival celebrating something or other, about 5 million nutters all racing to be the first to get naked and jump into a river. ive never been so scared in my life. worse than being on the terraces at man. u versus leeds united in the eighties.

Originally Posted by taxexile

about 5 million nutters all racing to be the first to get naked and jump into a river. ive never been so scared in my life. worse than being on the terraces at man. u versus leeds united in the eighties

ayee you have to wonder
what's it all about Alfie.

Haj stampede 'beyond human control'

MINA, SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi Arabia's top religious leader says a stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on Saturday, the final day of this year's haj.

The stampede was the worst disaster in a quarter-century to strike the annual event and drew fierce criticism of the Saudi authorities' handling of safety, particularly from regional rival Iran.

"You are not responsible for what happened", Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in a meeting in Mina on Friday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

"As for the things that humans cannot control, you are not blamed for them. Fate and destiny are inevitable," Sheikh told the prince, who ...

Haj stampede 'beyond human control' | Bangkok Post: news

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

"As for the things that humans cannot control, you are not blamed for them. Fate and destiny are inevitable," Sheikh told the prince, who ...

Haj stampede 'beyond human control' | Bangkok Post: news

The Stampede of sheep.

Finally, some good news from the Islamic world.

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

The incident was God's will,

some guy actually came out and said, 'It's the will of Allah'.

final count 769 dead and over 900 injured.

ha ha ha haj

On a related note they mught have mecca but they're clueless with Mecano.

This is the sixth time there have been fatalities associated with the stoning of the devil thing, see wiki : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj

As we are told it is no fault of man if I believed in gods and devils I would be inclined to suggest that devils dont like having stones chucked at them and were showing their displeasure.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

RIP. They are nothing more than ordinary people who got unlucky after getting lucky. (Haj lottery)

unlucky, far from it, they won the lottery twice, they and their families would consider themselves very lucky indeed to have died at mecca. hand chosen for death by allah the merciful, they hit the jackpot.

a place in muslim heaven with everlasting pussy and some nice saudi compo for the relatives.

sounds like a good result to me.

Originally Posted by klong toey

during the stoning ritual

What's that? I hope it's different from how I imagine.