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muriel_volestrangler

(102,473 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:31 PM Jun 2024

More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C

At least 323 of those who died were Egyptians, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, the two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told AFP.

“All of them [the Egyptians] died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats said, adding that the total figure came from the hospital morgue in the Al-Muaisem neighbourhood of Mecca.

At least 60 Jordanians have died, the diplomats said, up from an official tally of 41 given earlier on Tuesday by Amman.

The new deaths bring the total reported so far by multiple countries to 577, according to an AFP tally.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/hundreds-of-hajj-pilgrims-die-in-mecca-from-heat-related-illness

Saudi state TV said temperatures rose on Monday as high as 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/soaring-temperatures-scorch-pilgrims-haj-saudi-arabia-2024-06-18/
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More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 OP
Religion and heatstroke make a bad mix..... lastlib Jun 2024 #1
Lol you think god resides in the sky Fullduplexxx Jun 2024 #2
No, but its followers do. lastlib Jun 2024 #4
Now would that be considered suicide? Fullduplexxx Jun 2024 #3
I wish all xians would also travel to Death Valley to celebrate their loving/caring lord. erronis Jun 2024 #5
God Swill. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #6
Why did Mohammed edhopper Jun 2024 #7
The Islamic calendar is lunar, so the time of (solar) year moves muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #8
Did not know that edhopper Jun 2024 #9
I believe the Hebrew calendar is technically called "lunisolar" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #10

lastlib

(24,901 posts)
1. Religion and heatstroke make a bad mix.....
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 05:41 PM
Jun 2024

Methinks it's kinda dumb to want to serve a sky-daddy that blindly.......OMMV......

erronis

(16,825 posts)
5. I wish all xians would also travel to Death Valley to celebrate their loving/caring lord.
Tue Jun 18, 2024, 06:08 PM
Jun 2024

I'd keep this up with all of these murderous religions. Modi in India has perverted a usually peaceful one into a killing machine. And we all know how Islam has been perverted to serve power.

edhopper

(34,773 posts)
9. Did not know that
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 09:13 AM
Jun 2024

the Hebrew calendar is also lunar, but the holiday dates are kept withing a month's period each year.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,473 posts)
10. I believe the Hebrew calendar is technically called "lunisolar"
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 10:24 AM
Jun 2024

since it mixed Moon and Sun periods, over time.

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