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Olde Tyme Religion
More than Two Million Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha in Saudi
2018-08-22
[AnNahar] More than two million Moslems took part in the symbolic stoning of the devil Tuesday 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...
, the last major ritual of the hajj pilgrimage that heralds the start of the Eid al-Adha feast.

Moslems on the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, made their way across the Mina valley of the western Saudi Arabian Mecca province, many carrying pebbles in plastic bottles.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  STI that causes flesh-eating ulcers found in UK for first time
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-08-22 17:43  

#1  Mecca seems like an ideal spot for a nightmarish plague breakout. Do they take precautions? I mean how hard would it be for a militant Hindi to contract smallpocks and visit Mecca? With all those folks crammed together circling around the big block I would think half the Islamic world could be infected before anyone knew it.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-08-22 10:51  

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