700+ Muslims die in a stampede

[JJ Gold]

Not the best and the brightest.....


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/wo...pede.html?_r=0

[j3rkules]

Oh dear how sad....

[aka123]

Muhammad took casualties into account when he made up the rules. Pretty much like the Nazis. They had swell guidelines for ensuring that there will be enough soldiers for third Reich.

Though Muhammad did win his wars in the end, Hitler didn't.

[Markul]

[rogueteens]

oh dear, what a pity. never mind.

[Relic]

Couldn't give less of a fuck

[crockett]

Brainwashed people killing one another to worship their imaginary gods.. It never ends..

[marcop]

Not good timing from The Economist--from just three days ago--Why the Haj is Safer than Ever: The Economist explains: Why the haj is safer than ever | The Economist

Oh, the irony.

[dyna mo]

The stoning ritual is done over at least two days, where pilgrims stone the three pillars at Mina -- believed to be where the devil was stoned when he tried to dissuade Abraham from obeying God's orders to slaughter his son.

wait, so god told abraham to slaughter his own son and the devil tried to stop that?

that's what islam is based on. dang. that's some fucked up shit.

[Phoenix]

The stoning ritual is done over at least two days, where pilgrims stone the three pillars at Mina -- believed to be where the devil was stoned when he tried to dissuade Abraham from obeying God's orders to slaughter his son.

wait, so god told abraham to slaughter his own son and the devil tried to stop that?

that's what islam is based on. dang. that's some fucked up shit.

I feel that can't be real...like it is too fucked up to be real

[poncabare]

wonderful news

[dyna mo]

I feel that can't be real...like it is too fucked up to be real

i hear ya.

i thought i misunderstood the story, so i looked it up:


The ritual re-enacts Abraham (Ibrāhīm)'s pilgrimage to Mecca as explained by the Muslim historian al-Azraqi:

"When he [Abraham] left Mina and was brought down to (the defile called) al-Aqaba, the Devil appeared to him at Stone-Heap of the Defile. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so Abraham threw seven stones at him so that he disappeared from him. Then he appeared to him at the Middle Stone-Heap. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so he pelted him with seven stones so that he disappeared from him. Then he appeared to him at the Little Stone-Heap. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so he pelted him with seven stones like the little stones for throwing with a sling. So the Devil withdrew from him."

All three jamarāt represent the devil: the first and largest represents his temptation of Abraham against sacrificing Ishmael (Ismāʿīl); the second represents the temptation of Abraham's wife Hājar to induce her to stop him; the third represents his temptation of Ishmael to avoid being sacrificed. He was rebuked each time, and the throwing of the stones symbolizes those rebukes.

[crockett]

I feel that can't be real...like it is too fucked up to be real

Is it any dumber than some guy walking on water? Another guy parting the seas or destroying an entire city because no good people could be found.. It's all just as crazy as the next.

No diffrent than Morman magic underwear or alien overloads that live in volcanoes..

It's all crazy fucked up shit that people justify to oppress others. Why pretend one is any worse than the others?

[dyna mo]

Is it any dumber than some guy walking on water? Another guy parting the seas or destroying an entire city because no good people could be found.. It's all just as crazy as the next.

No diffrent than Morman magic underwear or alien overloads that live in volcanoes..

It's all crazy fucked up shit that people justify to oppress others. Why pretend one is any worse than the others?

yes, god telling you to kill your own son as a test of loyalty is exponentially dumber than walking on water,etc. et al.

[Phoenix]

Is it any dumber than some guy walking on water? Another guy parting the seas or destroying an entire city because no good people could be found.. It's all just as crazy as the next.

No diffrent than Morman magic underwear or alien overloads that live in volcanoes..

It's all crazy fucked up shit that people justify to oppress others. Why pretend one is any worse than the others?

There is crazy...then there is killing your own kids because some invisible leprechaun told you to do it crazy