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| Man commits suicide at Makkah's Grand Mosque |
| 2018-06-10 |
| [NATION.PK] A man has did away with himself by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Makkah, Saudi police said on Saturday. "A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah" to the courtyard below, "resulting in his instant death", state news agency SPA said, quoting police. The rare act was not the first of its kind to take place in Makkah, the holiest city in Islam ‐ which, like other monotheistic religions, prohibits suicide. The body was transported to hospital, with an investigation underway "to determine the victim's identity, what led to the act and how he was able to commit it despite the existence of a metal fence", SPA said. Last year, a Saudi man tried to set himself on fire in front of the Kaaba ‐ the square stone building in the centre of the mosque compound ‐ but was stopped by security forces. Every year, millions of Moslem pilgrims from across the world travel to Makkah and Madina, Islam's second holiest site, also in western 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... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 "Wait? This carpet's not magic?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-10 19:45 |
| #5 Another attempt at unassisted human flight gone badly. When will they learn ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-10 15:41 |
| #4 ...prohibits suicide... Except by way of explosive devices that also kill infidels, then it's just ducky. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-06-10 08:22 |
| #3 in Makkah, the holiest city in Islam ‐ which, like other monotheistic religions, prohibits suicide. rriiiggghht |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-06-10 08:15 |
| #2 Jumped? Or thrown? |
| Posted by: Spats Craish3482 2018-06-10 07:48 |
| #1 Not very Islamic if his suicide didn't take a dozen others with him. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-06-10 05:59 |