| Concerns about Ebola and MERS, of course, but not to worry -- there are fifteen isolation rooms at the airport, and doctors standing by. Surely Allah, who allows Sunni and Shia to fight to the death, will protect them all from disaster, during the hajj and after. |
[AnNahar] From war-ravaged Iraq and Syria to Ebola-hit Nigeria and dozens of other nations, pilgrims are converging on Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
for the annual hajj, the world's largest Moslem gathering.
From early October, close to two million believers will congregate to follow the 1,400-year-old tradition of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. |