No Malawian died at Hajj stampede
No Malawian taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage lost a life or got injured on Thursday in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, officials at the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) have said.
The BBC reports that at least 717 people were killed, and another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as 2 million pilgrims were taking part in the Hajj’s last major rite.
In an interview, acting Secretary General for MAM, Twaibu Lawe said he had communicated with leader of the Malawi team who confirmed that they were all safe.
“We have been in touch with our colleagues in Mecca and they have told us that no Malawian has lost a life and no-one got injured.
“We sympathise with those who lost their relatives, and friends in Mecca. I need also to mention however, that when you die during Hajj, we believe that you go straight to paradise.”
Lawe added that he would have been happy to die in Mecca himself, saying “that means I would have gone straight to paradise.”
Meanwhile, Lawe has said the stampede will not affect their future trips to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage.
Thursday’s stampede was the deadliest incident to occur during the pilgrimage in 25 years.
During the Hajj, pilgrims travel to Mina, a large valley about 5km (3 miles) from Mecca, to throw seven stones at pillars called Jamarat, which represent the devil.
The pillars stand where Satan is believed to have tempted the Prophet Abraham.
According to the Islamic religion, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam, and it is the journey that every able-bodied adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their lives if they can afford it.
The number of people attending Hajj rose from 57,000 in 1921 to a high of 3.2 million three years ago, according to the Saudi Central Department of Statistics and Information.
Straight to paradise for just attending Hajj, ooh please!!!…………when shall you wake up to understand that this is just another religious way to rip off people of their hardly earned money.
Many muslim young men are being fooled into joining Jihad and terrorism becoz of such senseless ideologies. They tell these young men that when they become a suicide bomber they will go straight to paradise and 20 beautiful virgins will be waiting for them, what a load of rubbish…….
Religion has caused a lot of misery on this planet than any other institution, from Jihad to crusades, the dark ages to the roman inquisition.
Up until when men become clever enough to understand that God does not exist, we shall continue dying needlessly like these poor 717 people who as we speak are in their graves rotting, perhaps that’s the paradise this idiot is talking about.
This is funny-that you die there you go straight to heaven, and if true, God himself must be drinking some strong liqua. Islam makes going to heaven a drunkard journey or some sort of orgasm journey. No wonder the Saudi’s authority are blaming the victims. Its very funny that when such invent happen Moslems justify as such. Look, if Israel will kill one Moslem terrorist murderer , you will see the whole Arab world will react like their clean asses have been pierced with hot iron pipes.
This is funny-that you die there you go straight to heaven, and if true, God himself must be drinking some strong liqua. Islam makes going to heaven a drunkard journey or some sort of orgasm journey. No wonder the Saudi’s authority are blaming the victims. Its very funny that when such invent happen Moslems justify as such. Look, if Israel will kill one Moslem terrorist murderer , you will see the whole Arab world will react like their clean behinds have been pierced with hot iron pipes.
This is funny-that you die there you go straight to heaven, and if true, God himself must be drinking some strong liqua. Islam makes going to heaven a drunkard journey. No wonder the Saudi’s authority are blaming the victims. Its very funny that when such invent happen Moslems justify as such. Look, if Israel will kill one terrorist murderer , you will see the whole Arab world will reacting like their clean behinds have been pierced with hot iron pipes.
I don’t understand these people…so they have died in the process of throwing stones at the devil? there is no dongosolo akamaponya miyalapo…no health safety the main aim is someone to die basi..because you see too many people ( may be 3000 at a time) surrounding 10 meters wide and 40 meters long structure at the height of 15meters.many who have died there are black Muslims not clever Arabs, Malawian Muslims don’t take this to too extreme don’t forget we have our own culture as well as religion. we love you and happy that non died
The fact is young Muslims change the way your old men think ..they used to do things without logic..reason school nJee..Go to school, learn and ask them why?
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