…Your deity wills mass death during the grand finale:
Nearly 250 Muslim worshipers died in a hajj stampede Sunday during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in one of the deadliest tragedies at the notoriously perilous ceremony.
The stampede, during a peak event of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, or hajj, lasted about a half-hour, Saudi officials said. There were 244 dead and hundreds of other worshippers injured, some critically, Hajj Minister Iyad Madani said.
“All precautions were taken to prevent such an incident, but this is God’s will. Caution isn’t stronger than fate,” Madani said.…Last year, 14 pilgrims were trampled to death during the ritual and 35 died in a 2001 stampede. In 1998, 180 pilgrims died.
Come on, David. Something wrong with the religion? I hope you’re kidding. Clearly, these sorts of stampedes (this isn’t the first one, and there was that horrible fire previously, as well) are results of improper planning. Allowing so many people at the same time, contrary to safety regulations, is bound to result in accidents. While your other attacks on Islam have drawn from uncontextualized material or generalizations, this one is hardly justified.
Left by sharleen on February 1st, 2004