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Title: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 6:15am |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:18am CNN)A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca -- has killed more than 700 people and injured close to 900 others in Saudi Arabia. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/24/middleeast/stampede-hajj-pilgrimage/index.html |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Dame Pansi on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:25am Oh dear!....they missed the 'no argie bargie' rule for crowds. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:34am Death cult, fanatics, mass deaths, ..................... sounds like islam to me. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Redneck on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:43am
Jenny will be pleased, more dead muslims, near 800 wasnt it.
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:47am Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:25am:
This is entirely the fault of the Saudi authorities who simply refused to learn from past mistakes. The way to prevent these crushes is by installing scores of steel-tubed barriers every few metres so that no more than a dozen people in any one place can move forward. The Brits had to learn this the hard way at their football venues where many were suffocated by crowds surging forward down the viewing stands. I don't doubt that many of those poor souls were good and decent people who lived to humanitarian and Christian values under the guise of Islam. Heads should roll for the criminal negligence that allowed this to happen. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Marla on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:56am
Perhaps they can borrow that one from the British eh, Herbie?
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:01am Marla wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:56am:
God lord! Are you STILL stalking me?! Didn't you say you are tertiary-educated? Let's hear something from you about the subject matter instead of little jabs and pokes of a personal nature. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:04am Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:43am:
800? would have to be a million X that amount to please me. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Marla on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:18am Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:01am:
Well Herbie, once you post some "subject matter" that is not: 1. racist 2. sexist 3. homophobic 4. misogynistic 5. xenophobic then I might consider it. Hey, I'm only playing down to your level. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by gandalf on Sep 25th, 2015 at 2:01pm Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:47am:
Thank you Herb and i concur heartily with your sentiments. This is not because of fanatisism its because 2 million people were in one place without adequate controls. As the abc correspondent said this morning this event happens wvery year so it is a very predictable potential disaster. According to reports it was caused by one crowd taking the "wrong" path and converging with another crowd coming the other way. The Saudis excuse is that they were told not to go that way. Well sorry, not good enough - why weren't they physically prevented from going? Heads should role over this - starting from the minister in charge. Yet initial statements from the government are already stating that no one from the government is to blame. What a joke. Blind freddy can see this was a gigantic, and very predictable, cock-up by the government. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by The Heartless Felon on Sep 25th, 2015 at 2:51pm Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:01am:
Make allowances Herb, she meant an American university. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 2:53pm polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 2:01pm:
Exactly. It's totally inexcusable. I hope the relatives of the deceased sue the Saudi government into bankruptcy over this awful tragedy that has cost so many innocent lives. How awful for the families back home to have to learn that their loved ones aren't coming home. In my other life I had good friends who had done the hajj, and others who were yet to make the pilgrimage. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:02pm The Heartless Felon wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 2:51pm:
;D Ooooooo you're nasty ... Marla will come back at you with her claws out now. (after she's finished her toke, of course). |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Muttley on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:09pm Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:02pm:
Ya still think he's a girl ?......jeez Herb anybody can see its a guy called Marlon (not Brando - he slid off the plate long ago)...... If he'll "walk for weed" what else will he do? ;D |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Dame Pansi on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:43pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:04am:
We know.....Jesus said thou shalt slaughter them all the innocent babies the little children the sick and the hungry the downtrodden and the forgotten for thou shalt not inhabit the land of the Lord thy God the land that be keepeth for the strong and the mighty the powerful and the rich the Kings and Queens the black of heart thus only selfish men shall forever reign in the kingdom of they Lord |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by innocentbystander. on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:45pm
Normally I wouldn't laugh about people getting crushed but in this case hahahahahahaha friggin hilarious ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:04pm
Two to three million people gather to throw pebbles at a wall and 700 of them are trampled to death.
Not for the firts time, though: • 2 July 1990 - a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina led to the death of 1,426 pilgrims. • 23 May 1994 - a stampede killed 270 pilgrims at the stoning of the devil ritual. • 9 April 1998 - at least 118 pilgrims were trampled to death and 180 injured in an incident on Jamarat Bridge. • 11 February 2003 - the stoning of the devil ritual claimed 14 lives. • 1 February 2004 - a total of 251 pilgrims died and 244 were injured in a stampede during the stoning ritual in Mina. • 12 January 2006 - a stampede during the stoning of the devil claimed 346 pilgrims and injured 289. The incident happened when travellers arrived together to the Jamarat Bridge. This caused pilgrims to trip, rapidly resulting in a lethal crush. They travel to the middle of the desert to throw pebbles at a wall. Because that wall is the devil and the devil must be stoned. And then they want you to think that there is nothing odd or strange about them. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by wally1 on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:25pm Soren wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:04pm:
Kissing and bowing your head to a wailing wall is ok is it? |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:28pm wally1 wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:25pm:
Yeah, it's OK. Quiet prayer is OK. Nobody is trampled to death, you see. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by wally1 on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:35pm Soren wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:28pm:
Stoning of the wall goes back to prophet Abraham, its just part of the ritual of doing the pillgrimage. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:48pm wally1 wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:35pm:
No it doesn't. It's a medieval invention. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by wally1 on Sep 25th, 2015 at 5:54pm Soren wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:48pm:
Medieval like your posts |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Jovial Monk on Sep 25th, 2015 at 6:17pm
Religion is bloody stupid and should be consigned to the history bin. Superstitious nonsense!
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 6:28pm Muttley wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 3:09pm:
Marla is a dude? Surely not. You're a sheila aren't you, Marla? Show us your tits and that'll settle this once and for all. How about a bit of burlesque while you're at it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgVKpVEGcoA |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:08pm wally1 wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 4:35pm:
no |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by innocentbystander. on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:37pm
1996 crush record 1400, this year only 700 odd ... come on stupid mussies try harder next year ;D, won't be long before they are holding the hajj in Berlin and Australia's idiot left will be crying because its not in Sydney. :D
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by gandalf on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:44pm
Yes, hillarious isnt it
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:46pm innocentbystander. wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:37pm:
They'll beat the record that's for sure. Stupid is as Stupid does. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lisa Jones on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:14pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:34am:
We heard on tonight's news that the official press release statement from their govt re the latest incident was..... It was God's will :D |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:19pm Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:14pm:
We maybe they have seen the light and realized YAWEH has had enough of the silly false satanic god allah. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:19pm polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:44pm:
no, it's disappointing. muslim underachievers |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lisa Jones on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:22pm ordinaryguy wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:19pm:
Yep. Ha! I think I know who you are now lol :P |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:25pm Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:14pm:
"God's will" - my arse. The Saudis are trying to wriggle out of paying compensation to the victim's families. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:25pm
Hmm I am me I guess.
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Karnal on Sep 25th, 2015 at 11:36pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 7:34am:
Kill them. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Marla on Sep 26th, 2015 at 2:47am Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 6:28pm:
Sorry, Herb. Burlesque/stripping is only for women who want to attend law school. Have we not learned anything from watching Jerry Springer? And who names their kid "Marlon"? |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lord Herbert on Sep 26th, 2015 at 4:54am
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bvvv Karnal wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 11:36pm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxD-5z_xHBU |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by The Grappler on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:25am
.. another 700 Khoran Kaffirs out of the way....... no need to war with Islam since it does enough damage to itself on a daily basis.
How unimaginable that a group of religious devotees will literally stampede and knock each other down and trample one another in their zealotry.... goes to show the kind of non-thinking that goes into the whole thing. What's killed more Muslims than Allied Bombing? Islamic zealotry.... |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by double plus good on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:59am
Muslim pancake. Imagine the smell.
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by gandalf on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:01am Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:25am:
Zealotry was not the cause of the stampede. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by issuevoter on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:17am Marla wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 2:47am:
Keith Richards. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:32am polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:01am:
You are either thick, or a mussey. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:33am Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:25am:
The west should sit back and take bets and let them continue to kill their own. Then roll in later and take out the left overs. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:34am Karnal wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 11:36pm:
Derr |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lisa Jones on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:39am polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:01am:
True. It was not the cause....it was BEHIND the cause. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by gandalf on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:41am
what does that mean Lisa?
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Lisa Jones on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:43am polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:41am:
Ohhh you're here! Good. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 26th, 2015 at 8:10am
Muslims are easily pleased -
give them a wall & a few stones to throw at it. What pathetic imbeciles. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Marla on Sep 26th, 2015 at 8:43am innocentbystander. wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 8:37pm:
Screw you and your friggin' bigotry. Same for Herb and cycle boy. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:00am polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:01am:
Disorderliness is. If it happened once, it would be a tragedy. If it happened twice, it would be a tragedy with an urgent call to corrective action. But it is happening regularly, every few years. You look at Muslims on hajj, Muslims pouring into Europe, the picture is always the same - large, disorderly unruly crowds. 2004: A crush of pilgrims at Mina kills 244 pilgrims and injures hundreds on the final day of the hajjceremonies. 2001: A stampede at Mina during the final day of the pilgrimage ceremonies kills 35 hajj pilgrims. 1998: About 180 pilgrims are trampled to death in panic after several of them fell off an overpass during the final stoning ritual at Mina. 1997: At least 340 pilgrims are killed in a fire at the tent city of Mina as the blaze was aided by high winds. More than 1,500 were injured. 1994: Some 270 pilgrims are killed in a stampede during the stoning ritual at Mina. 1990: The worst hajj-related tragedy claims the lives of 1,426 pilgrims in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites in Mecca. Google 'Christian stampede' and you get nothing. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by double plus good on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:08am Soren wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:00am:
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:39am Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 9:14pm:
Yeah, God wants a few hundred pilgrims to be trampled to death by other pilgrims. Is there a message there that these guys are not getting? Something like, 'what the hell are you guys doing?!?! Are you outa your minds??" Allahu Akhbar, geddit? He's telling Muslims to ease up on the superstition. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by issuevoter on Sep 26th, 2015 at 2:33pm
Yes, I am aware that with their superstition and ignorance they have declared war on Western ideas like Pluralism, but I can't take any satisfaction in people getting killed in a stampede, no matter how stupid they and their religion are.
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Dame Pansi on Sep 26th, 2015 at 3:20pm Bobby. wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 8:10am:
Yes bobby, they need a wailing wall where they can bang their head and thrust their pelvis. What is it with religious ceremonies and walls? At least the Christians don't need a wall, they can just say sorry and they're saved from purgatory.....too easy? .....or too lazy to go to a wall? |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Dame Pansi on Sep 26th, 2015 at 3:22pm Soren wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:39am:
Gods will? .....or just a mass of people too eager to get in the good books with him. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 26th, 2015 at 5:35pm Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 3:22pm:
Well, they believe it's god's will - but blame the Saudi authorities or the pilgrims. They are not blaming god. What god is saying to them, though, is, 'Guys, enough wioth the mindless superstition.' But they only hear what they want to hear. :-/ |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by gandalf on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:49pm Soren wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:00am:
You were going so well up to this point. For a fleeting moment I thought you were actually going to make an insightful point about the inherent risks of having 2 million people together in one place and the need to implement more stringent controls. but then you descended into... Soren wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:00am:
Ah yes of course - its a 'muslim thing'. Thanks for bringing up back to earth Soren :P |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:10pm
many blessings ,
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=328_1443206806 anyone gleaning joy from this event is not heart centered .. fear not beloveds , ye know not what ye do you are forgiven namaste |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:11pm Bobby. wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 8:10am:
many blessings such hatred in your life , humble like the dust ? you are forgiven so be at peace namaste |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:27pm polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:49pm:
yes, mecca is a 'muslim thing' same as terrorism. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:48pm
Mecca is the Islamic Disney Land.
What do we have lets see. Come to Mecca with your brothers only, non muslims NOT WELCOME! Right there you are at a home. No need to explain your religions failures historically and scientifically and theologically right there. Lets see. We have Ihram where you must first work yourself up into a state that we call holiness, most forms accepted and here we wack on a dress code also so you feel welcome and part of the festivities. Next we have Tawaf , enter a big assed Grand Mosque, and walk seven times around a meteorite stone and kiss it if you don't get killed in the frenzied trampling ritual. If you feel you cant get in their just point to it that will do. Then chuck in a couple prayers for posterity. Moving right along next we have Sa'ay here we have our aerobics workout where you can run or walk between a couple hills if it gets too hot you can use our state of the art air conditioned tunnels. Kids love this one since its a bad ass desert. Here we take a hair sample as well but remember only run between the two green pillars we are not responsible for what may happen to you if you don't. On Dhu al-Hijjah you can just hang and pray and relax. The second day we repent at arafat until the sun sets. You really need to do this one or you wont be allowed on any other rides. Here is a personal fav of mine only here at Mecca do you get to stone the devil cause after all he is just a set of 3 pillars batteries sold separately After that you can kick back at some good old fashioned BBQ and slaughter some animals and kick back and reminisce at the plagiarizing and remake of the story of abraham and ishmael and isaac. Moving right along into the Tawaf Al-Ifaadah ride through the mosque again for another tawaf. On the fourth day you get to chuck more stones and rocks because lets face it those bad assed pillars just need to go. This is great for the inner child in all of us. After cracking out a Tawaf al-Wida bid farewell to your brothers in arms you are on your way. Dress ups, stone throwing with the best of em and the meteorite rock washing machine whats not to enjoy. Stuff Disneyland / Tomorrow World and Dance festivals here at Mecca gods got you covered. Literally. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:52pm
they simply worship the cube
the hexagon saturn worship some say satan dancing around the cube we observe namaste |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:55pm ordinaryguy wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:48pm:
thanks for your information. that is not a spiritual experience. That is not enlightening. that is a dogmatic cult. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:56pm
I liked the way they stole the meteorite from the quraish tribe (pagans) Moon God Hubal worshiping and rolled it into islam and shoved it in the black box and said kiss it ROFL.
PURE GOLD. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:57pm it_is_the_light wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:52pm:
I was going to post an image from '2001, A Space Odyssey' as a parody. But '2001' is spiritual and meaningful. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:59pm ordinaryguy wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:56pm:
many blessings well versed you are namaste |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:02pm
Thank you light, you seem quite switch on yourself.
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by double plus good on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:02pm
Bloody hell. What a pack of nutters!!! A meteorite in a metal eye socket. :D :D :D :D
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Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:05pm Quote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubal |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sprintcyclist on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:09pm ordinaryguy wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:02pm:
Some dim people think Lighty is foolish. I have known lighty for some time and found him to be honest and a good being. His beliefs are not mine and he and I certainly exist in peace here. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:11pm double plus good wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:02pm:
Thats it mate, good ole Moon God Hubal worshippers but allah is really abrahams god ;D ;D ;D |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:12pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:09pm:
many blessings sprinter it is so for all are truly loved so be at peace namaste - : ) = |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:13pm it_is_the_light wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 7:11pm:
Dear master Light, I don't want to be forgiven for that - Muslims are imbeciles - throwing stones at a wall. I've got an idea for a business - I'll charge Muslims $5 to throw some stones at a wall. A better deal than flying to Saudi Arabia! |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by ordinaryguy on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:13pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:09pm:
Life would be boring if we all thought the same when it came to the minor details. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 27th, 2015 at 6:48am Bobby. wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 10:13pm:
many blessings ye have much to learn grasshopper and so be it, we continue .. http://www.ibtimes.com/what-kaaba-black-cube-marking-islams-most-sacred-site-sparks-curiosity-1699203 What Is The Kaaba? Black Cube Marking Islam's Most Sacred Site Sparks Curiosity By Amethyst Tate @ammiet1 a.tate@ibtimes.com on October 03 2014 2:10 PM EDT Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca Sept. 30, 2014. Reuters Every year millions of Muslims travel to Mecca for the hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims travel to Islam’s most sacred mosque, al-Masjid al-Haram, during the six-day pilgrimage. Mecca is thought to be the place where Ishmael and his mother Hagar were provided with a spring of water in the desert. As it is the most sacred place in Islam, non-Muslims are forbidden from entering. In the center of the mosque, there is a black, box-shaped building, which has sparked questions from those unfamiliar with the Islamic culture. Here is everything to know about the most sacred space in the Muslim world. What is the cube-shaped structure called? It is called the Kaaba, or "the cube." Is there anything inside? The Kaaba is built around a sacred black stone, a meteorite that Muslims believe was placed by Abraham and Ishmael in a corner of the Kaaba, a symbol of God's covenant with Abraham and Ishmael and, by extension, with the Muslim community itself. It is embedded in the eastern corner of the Kaaba. What is the historical significance of the Kaaba? Muslims believe the Kaaba was originally built by Abraham and Ishmael, but the site was re-dedicated by Muhammad and has been reconstructed since. When Muslims pray, wherever they are, they turn toward the Kaaba, and during the hajj, pilgrims walk counterclockwise around it seven times. What is the Kaaba made of? The Kaaba is made of granite from the hills near Mecca. The structure is 50 feet high (15.24 meters), 35 feet (10.67 meters) wide and 40 feet long (12.19 meters) long. Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls, measuring 43 feet (13 meters) by 30 feet (9 meters), are clad with tiled, white marble halfway to the roof, with darker trimmings along the floor. It is covered by a black silk cloth decorated with gold-embroidered calligraphy. This cloth is known as the kiswa, and it is replaced yearly. namaste |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 27th, 2015 at 7:41am it_is_the_light wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 9:59pm:
It looks like a urinal. What would they do if I pissed into it? |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 27th, 2015 at 7:42am it_is_the_light wrote on Sep 27th, 2015 at 6:48am:
I'll never understand religious fanatics. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 27th, 2015 at 10:17am polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:49pm:
The very idea that 2 million people will come together to pelt a column of stone with pebbles is bizarre in the extreme. That such people will regularly trample each other to death seems unsurprising. |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by cods on Sep 27th, 2015 at 10:37am Soren wrote on Sep 27th, 2015 at 10:17am:
it would seem strange they have not come up with a one way in and another way to exit..... traffic is traffic.. whether its walking or driving it needs rules.. as we know this has happened more than once..its a high price to pay for observance. :( |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Sir Bobby on Sep 27th, 2015 at 10:50am Soren wrote on Sep 27th, 2015 at 10:17am:
I can fix it - I'll charge Muslims $5 to throw some stones at a wall. A better deal than flying to Saudi Arabia & a lot safer! |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Soren on Sep 27th, 2015 at 5:16pm polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 26th, 2015 at 6:49pm:
Papal visits around the world draw crowds of a million and more, in rich countries and poor ones. I can't recall a single stampede in the last few decades. Can you, Gandy? Quite a contrast between the 'Muslim thing' and the 'Christian thing', no? Should I apologise to Muslims for noticing? |
Title: Re: A visit to Maccas is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by Redneck on Sep 27th, 2015 at 5:22pm
Although not really a fan of them except when travelling,
I will stick to an occasional visit to Maccas Sounds a lot safer to me, I guess one could throw the McMuffins if they were stale! ;D ;D |
Title: Re: A visit to Mecca is not for the faint-hearted ... Post by it_is_the_light on Sep 29th, 2015 at 7:40pm
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