[lit-ideas] evidence against intelligent design
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:49:33 -0500
Religious soccer riot: put on your Mesopotamian
Sky God game face and get ready to throw stones at
the devil. That's not carpeting, however. -EY
Hundreds of Pilgrims Killed in Hajj Stampede
By Megan K. Stack, Times Staff Writer
CAIRO, Egypt -- A stampede at one of Islam's
holiest sites crushed to death at least 345
worshippers today, tainting with tragedy the
annual hajj pilgrimage to the Muslim religion's
birthplace in Saudi Arabia.
As thick waves of worshippers made their way
through the desert plain of Mina to perform one of
the fundamental rituals of hajj, lost luggage
piled up underfoot and tripped pilgrims. With
thousands of eager Muslims pressing from behind,
the bodies quickly piled up — and the crowd
trampled over them. More than 1,000 people were
injured in the crush.
"The bodies were piled up," Egyptian pilgrim Suad
Abu Hamada told Associated Press. "I couldn't
count them, they were too many."
"We tried to encircle the women to protect them,"
said an Egyptian pilgrim who spoke with al Arabiya
satellite channel from his hospital bed. "But it
was useless. They are all gone."
The stampede took place as the pilgrims clambered
toward a massive pedestrian bridge to pelt seven
stones at three pillars representing the devil.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-011206hajj_lat,0,1175305.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
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