Over 1,000 deaths: Why did so many people die in this year's Hajj? | DW News
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Published 2024-06-20
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All Comments (21)
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This is how Allah thanks devoted pilgrims.
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You see dead people around you and you just keep going??? Walking to some mountain is more important than that people around you are safe, that you're not putting yourself in danger, that you don't add strain to emergency services???
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The irony writes itself
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Allah should have given them some water
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The fanaticism is next level. When rational thought and instinct of self preservation are suppressed by a doctrine.
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So what? Allah just doing what Allah does
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My prayers go out to the families who lost loved ones.
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Went to meet allah and allah fastened that meeting
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My nephew lives in Saudi. He says this happens every year. Many are there illegally he says and they are dehydrated from crossing the desert from Egypt and are weak when they get there.
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No trees no Oxygen😇
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I am not joking or disrespecting. Always examine what and who you are following and why. If you can not question how do you know who you are following is worthy of your devotion.
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Now imagine summers in 20 years, when heat reaches 50, 55 degrees. People will drop like flies.
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Allah's will 🤷
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122 degrees? That's fu*cking hot!
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Boiling hot, covered in robes….
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Hajj; an experience so spiritual you can actual end up on the other side.
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Its sad how many people die because of religion but if you are an adult who genuinely believes in something then theres nothing anyone else can do to help you... Who I feel for are any children or any people who had to do this against their will.
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How many Porta Potties do you need to comfortably accommodate 1.8 million people all guzzling water?
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20 km in 5 to 6 days? Is that a pilgrimage for ants?
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What needs to be done...let me give my a few solutions. 1)The entire stretch from Mina camps to Jamaraat needs to be sheltered either by installing parasols like the one at prophet PBUH mosque or lay a on ground tunnel to ensure pilgrims are in protective environment from weather elements..the tunnel can have massive cooling, fan and exhaust systems. 2) There is no reference of ascending on mount arafat to complete one's Hajj obligation.. authorities should stop people from making then ascend in searing temperatures. Once again install parasol at Arafat ground for pilgrims to take shelter under shade. 3) Very poor crowd management by authorities... all that they do is keep moving problems by barricading and diverting people traffic to further places...this leads to pilgrims on foot travel the extra kilometers by foot... this needs a serious look into... my hotel was right across the road whilst I was in the bus...however traffic police diverted our bus several kilometers away into a major traffic jam...and we ended up 1hr later to our hotel.