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Africa North
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing for Muslim pilgrimage
2016-09-01
[Ynet] Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, says Egypt has opened its border crossing with the Gazoo Strip for three days, allowing hundreds of Moslem faithful to travel for a yearly pilgrimage.

Hesham Edwan, the director of the Rafah crossing, said Tuesday that nearly 2,500 people were expected to leave in the coming days.

Rafah is Gazoo's main gateway to the outside world. Egypt has kept Rafah largely sealed since 2013, when ties with Hamas worsened after the ouster of Egypt's elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Cairo accuses the Islamic holy warrior group, which rules Gazoo, of supporting Death Eaters in the Sinai Peninsula, allegations denied by Hamas.

The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in 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...
is one of the five pillars of Islam and is made by around 3 million Moslems worldwide each year.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Please stop for a drink of some bio-toxin refreshing Kool-Aid on the way in. We also have some dry packet flavor crystals for you and your friends the faithful to enjoy during your few remaining days short stay.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-09-01 12:40  

#1  Three days until the next spate of IS attacks?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-09-01 07:27  

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