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Eight Ace · **244 dead in another Hajj stampede -** 02-02-2004, 01:09 PM

The devil-stoning is the most animated ritual of the annual pilgrimage and often the most dangerous.
Many pilgrims frantically throw rocks, shout insults or hurl their shoes at the pillars - acts that are supposed
to demonstrate their deep disdain for the devil. Clerics frown upon such action and say it is un-Islamic

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/ ... 01699.html

[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040201/capt.vah10102011527.saudi_hajj_ritual_vah101.jpg[/img]

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Eight Ace is Offline Major Posts: 6,139 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney	244 dead in another Hajj stampede - 02-02-2004, 01:09 PM The devil-stoning is the most animated ritual of the annual pilgrimage and often the most dangerous. Many pilgrims frantically throw rocks, shout insults or hurl their shoes at the pillars - acts that are supposed to demonstrate their deep disdain for the devil. Clerics frown upon such action and say it is un-Islamic http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/ ... 01699.html [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040201/capt.vah10102011527.saudi_hajj_ritual_vah101.jpg[/img] ...eek: