Africans blamed for Hajj stampede...

[Regina]

I'm gonna say it; I doubt all Muslims believe that. Doesn't mean you can feel sympathy either.

[ReptilianPeon]

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Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV reported that the head of the central Hajj committee, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, blamed the stampede on "some pilgrims with African nationalities".

Full article:
http://theeagleonline.com.ng/death-toll-...ed-photos/

It's never Allah's fault for allowing people to die. Yet when people get cancer or go blind, Allah is 'testing' the person. Allah is a vile deity who loves pain and suffering.

What happened was that two crowds met each other going in opposite directions on a narrow street.  The dummies in back kept pushing the people in the front until they were crushed.  It's like a Black Friday crowd at the local mall who pushes the people in front through the doors, causing them to fall down and get trampled to death.  

Anyway, it wasn't Africans who caused the incident but Iranians.  

"JEDDAH: As the probe into the stampede in Mina continues, an Iranian official has confirmed that a group of 300 Iranian pilgrims coming from the opposite direction caused the crush, according to media reports quoting Iranian sources.

Quoting the Iranian official, Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, said: “Violations began when a group of 300 Iranian pilgrims started moving from Muzdalifa straight to Jamarat, instead of first going to their camps as is generally practiced by Haj pilgrims, to wait for the time of movement of their group. Then they moved in the opposite direction on Street 203 where the painful incident took place.”

As per the guidelines, this group did not wait for the stone-throwing ritual in Jamarat Al-Aqba in their camp until the fixed time. This group decided to return from the opposite direction which also coincided with the movement of other groups as per their set schedules for pelting pebbles, resulting in the tragedy, said the Sabq.org website citing Iranian sources.
They said the group of Iranian pilgrims waited for some time and did not move in the opposite direction. This increased pressure and pushed the pilgrims to exit on the road, which is no wider than 20 meters."
http://www.arabnews.com/news/811961

The good news is that they are now in paradise.  The ones who survived are probably ticked off that they missed out on making it to paradise this time.

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"Arab News was the first newspaper to provide a Saudi perspective".
Arab News is a Saudi government mouth piece, as their about us section clearly alludes to. Of course they'd blame the Iranians. Its current owner, Turki bin Salman Al Saud, is a member of the house of Saud. They clearly have a Fascist agenda.

[vorlon13]

What's with all the finger pointing ?

It's obviously the Israelis fault.

[The Magic Pudding.]

Seems perfectly understandable to me.
Satan lets slide the throwing of stones.
He reminds himself that he is below that.
The pitter patter got to him, he indulged.