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2005-05-11 Arabia

Kingdom Takes Precautions to Prevent Polio Outbreak

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The princes would be wise to innoculate all hajis upon arrival at the border. After all, their power base is the favour of Allah, and that favour is not demonstrated by hajees bringing home a dreadful disease to share with all their friends and neighbors.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-11 09:40|| 2005-05-11 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd guess they'd still have a big problem with the twitchy conspiracy fear of some of the pilgrims that the vaccine is actually a secret poison of the evil Joooz that renders the faithful infertile or otherwise diseased. That type of irrational fear based in ignorance doesn't die quickly or easily.

Posted by Tkat 2005-05-11 09:49|| 2005-05-11 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 What fatwas about vaccinations do the Saudi Wahabbi clerics emit?

Posted by James">James 2005-05-11 11:31|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-05-11 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sorry - why are they vaccinating anyone against anything?

After all, everything is Allen's will, right? So if Allen doesn't want them to get diseases, they won't, right? So if they get diseases, it must be Allen's will, right?

Right?

Or maybe everything isn't Allen's will? Hmmm.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-11 12:00|| 2005-05-11 12:00|| Front Page Top

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