Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Atheists & Agnostics

onager

(9,356 posts)

5. Eid al-Adha = Feast of the Sacrifice

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 09:04 PM

Sep 2015

And people get sacrificed like this almost every year.

I was living in Saudi Arabia when that 1990 trampling incident happened. Then in July 1991, a Canadian DC-8 chartered to carry pilgrims caught fire while taking off from Jeddah airport (where I lived). It crashed just outside the airport fence, near the airport exit from the Ring Road. So for months, when I went to the airport to leave The Magic Kingdom, that wreckage was lying there to give me something to think about...

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Meanwhile.... as the Pope does the "good news about religion" visit to the US... [View all] AlbertCat Sep 2015 OP

Of course it's not just religion... AlbertCat Sep 2015 #1

Yay GOD! progressoid Sep 2015 #2

will they ever learn? RussBLib Sep 2015 #3

Allah works in mysterious ways n/t Brainstormy Sep 2015 #4

Eid al-Adha = Feast of the Sacrifice onager Sep 2015 #5

Yeah, but that's because they worship funny foreign God, not white English-speaking God, mr blur Sep 2015 #6

A follow up.... AlbertCat Sep 2015 #7