OK, that’s callous. But is it any more callous than this:
Nearly 250 Muslim worshipers died in a hajj stampede Sunday during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in one of the deadliest tragedies at the notoriously perilous ceremony…
Hajj Minister Iyad Madani said “All precautions were taken to prevent such an incident, but this is God’s will. Caution isn’t stronger than fate,”
You know, to get rid of their sins, Catholics talk to their priest and Jews throw some bread into the water. Admittedly not as cool as an “annual stoning of Satan” ritual, but then again we don’t have this:
Last year, 14 pilgrims were trampled to death during the ritual and 35 died in a 2001 stampede. In 1998, 180 pilgrims died.
I was also going to go off on a rant about how stupid it is to have something that can be accurately described as a “notoriously perilous ceremony,” but that
