RIYADH: The death toll from this year's Haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday (Jun 20), more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabi
If a person gathers all their savings in order to make the pilgrimage, and dies there, what's done with their body? You know the airlines aren't going to refund those return flights, do they switch out the seat for a ride in the baggage compartment?
I agree, but to some degree, people own their government, and this government is, more than many, responsible for much of the causes
of climate change.
I'd say the same thing if Florida sinks into the sea, or South Texas and Louisiana are swamped, or north Alberta catches fire.
Just because lots don't do doesn't mean it isn't a thing that their religion mandates. I can think of a few Catholics that don't do things their religion mandates, too.
I can't help but wonder if even a single Muslim will question how their god could let this happen. I mean, their religion literally mandates that they make a pilgrimage there, and then a bunch of them die completing that mandate. Wild.
My heart sincerely goes out to the families, this is tragic.