02-02-2004, 10:16 AM
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Junkie
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A couple of hundred people are dead because they were a little too enthusiastic about stoning the Devil. This happens every year. Is it culturally insensitive to ask whether there isn't something profoundly awry about a religion that sends so many to their deaths as part of a religious duty? The Hajj minister in Saudi Arabia comments: "All precautions were taken to prevent such an incident, but this is God's will. Caution isn't stronger than fate." Excuse me? God's will to commit hundreds to their deaths? At the same time, Islamist fanatics murder scores by killing themselves in Iraq. What we have on our hands is, in some instances, not that far from a death cult.
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This manual supports my point that the “stoning” ritual and accompanying deadly stampedes are a form of human sacrifice that is tacitly condoned. Everyone involved knows there’s a great likelihood of mass casualties, yet the pilgrims don’t modify their behavior and the authorities don’t institute effective counter-measures. It’s a state-sanctioned blood ritual; they’re not putting people on altars and ripping their hearts out like the Aztecs did, but it’s only one step away.
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