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Post by jonksy on Jun 21, 2024 13:37:13 GMT
'Nobody is picking up the dead bodies': Extreme heat sees Hajj death toll rise The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The hajj, whose timing is determined by the lunar Islamic calendar, fell again this year during the oven-like Saudi summer. The national meteorological centre reported a high of 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.....
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Post by Fairsociety on Jun 21, 2024 13:45:52 GMT
'Nobody is picking up the dead bodies': Extreme heat sees Hajj death toll rise The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The hajj, whose timing is determined by the lunar Islamic calendar, fell again this year during the oven-like Saudi summer. The national meteorological centre reported a high of 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.....
linkSaudi Arabia with some of the wealthiest people on the planet who can't provide ample water and adequate preparation for such a big event, I bet King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his family were getting fanned down by their 'slaves' ... says it all when they don't even look after their own people. |
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Post by Tinculin on Jun 22, 2024 14:01:07 GMT
Okay, enough is enough. People dying of dehydration and being called 'scum because they're mossies', isn't okay, and to anyone who thinks it is, go find another forum to troll.
jonksy , you're banned from the forum for 3 months - that was completely out of line. This is far from the first incident of this, and you've had plenty of shorter suspensions but if you continue to persist in ignoring the warnings and posting as you have, you give us little choice.
I don't particularly get any joy in doing it, but after talking to the mod team, we've agreed that our patience has worn thin.
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