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Post by admin™ on Sept 24, 2015 21:01:27 GMT -5
Thursday’s heartbreaking Mina tragedy shocked and grieved everybody. While the incident underlined the need for more efforts to bolster safety measures, the massive operation undertaken by the Kingdom to ensure a secure and comfortable Haj cannot be ignored. There can’t be an excuse for the unfortunate crush, but the importance of pilgrims’ self-awareness and self-discipline needs to be highlighted again. Pilgrims carrying bags while walking and not following clear instructions about movement have caused problems in the past too. No security apparatus in the world can physically control a crowd that swells to millions in limited space and time. The Kingdom spends billions of riyals on the Haj management and deploys the best resources to implement gigantic projects at the holy sites. The Kingdom considers this task as its Islamic duty. The government does not make any profits from its massive Haj operation, which is second to none in size and volume. Handling two to three million Muslims from 164 different countries and cultures is a mammoth task. No one in the world has the kind of experience the authorities here have gained in ensuring a smooth pilgrimage. It is a phenomenal organizational feat. The wellbeing and security of such a vast concentration of people in such a relatively small area is a big undertaking. The logistics are mind-boggling. Hajis needed 10 million cubic meters of water. More than 800 flights a day landed at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport - that works out at almost two planes a minute over a 24-hour period. Hundreds of thousands of security personnel and volunteers were present throughout the Haj to save pilgrims from deluded fanatics and to keep the event free from politics. Ferociously high temperatures also added to the challenge this year. After the crane disaster in Makkah, the world saw how Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman took action on the spot and a swift probe was launched to fix responsibility. A preliminary enquiry resulted in negligent contractors being banned from leaving the Kingdom. But even while the wreckage was still being cleared away, substantial compensation was announced for the injured and for the families of the dead. Similar action was witnessed on Thursday when the king ordered a review of Haj plans. The Kingdom, which believes in transparency, has no reason to hide facts. Saudi Arabia was, is and will always be dedicated to looking after Hajis’ welfare and security in the best way possible. The Kingdom is periodically subjected to unjust criticism by some quarters in the Muslim world. This must stop. The critics will do a greater service to their cause by joining hands with Saudi Arabia to make the annual pilgrimage more comfortable.
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Post by admin™ on Sept 24, 2015 21:02:59 GMT -5
MINA: The death toll in the Thursday morning stampede in Mina has risen to 717 and officials expressed fears that the number could still increase. The Directorate for Civil Defense said 863 more pilgrims have been injured. The stampede happened as pilgrims, numbering about two million, were on their way to the Jamrat to perform the "stoning of the Devil" ritual of Haj. The exact cause of the accident could not be determined immediately. Most of the victims were Arabs and Africans, officials said. Many of the injured were in semiconscious state. The harsh summer weather has only added to the problem. The injured were not in a position to speak. Sirens wailed and helicopters hovered overhead as dozens of ambulances brought in victim after victim in the holy valley of Mina. At Mina Emergency Hospital, one of four facilities treating victims, a helicopter landed as ambulances arrived one after the other. Injured pilgrims were brought in on stretchers, wearing chest badges giving their personal details, as security officers ushered away passers-by trying to gawk. “Everybody is dizzy, Haji. Take them to any another health center,” a security officer shouted as two more ambulances arrived at once, bringing in more victims of the stampede. While some pilgrims recounted news of the incident to each other, there were others who appeared completely unaware that there had been a tragedy. Amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies — the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during Haj — lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a sunbaked street. Pictures taken later by Arab News photographers showed bodies piled on top of each other near a gate leading to the Jamrat. Survivors assessed the scene from the top of roadside stalls near white tents as rescue workers in orange and yellow vests combed the area. Because of the tragedy, security officials closed the Jamrat area, where the pilgrims have to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual. The Jamrat has seen stampedes in the past. But the Saudi authorities have expanded the area by constructing a multilayered complex to ease the flow of pilgrims.
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Post by admin™ on Sept 24, 2015 21:03:54 GMT -5
The pilgrims had spent the night in Muzdalifa and had come to Mina to throw seven pea-sized stoned at one of the three wall-like structures.
Some 2 million people are taking part in this year’s Haj pilgrimage, which began Tuesday.
The stampede was the deadliest disaster at the Haj since 2006, when more than 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in the same area. Another stampede at Mina in 2004 left 244 pilgrims dead and hundreds injured.
Thursday’s stampede happened less than two weeks after a giant construction crane came crashing down on the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the focal point of the Haj.
That accident, on Sept. 11, killed at least 111 people and injured more than 390. Authorities blamed the crane collapse on high winds during an unusually powerful storm.
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Post by admin™ on Sept 25, 2015 6:49:15 GMT -5
Bila dalam keadaan yang sebegini kita tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi. Rasanya kita harus pikirkan kaedah yang lebih baik untuk mengerjakan hal yang sunat supaya tidak menyukarkan orang lain. Mesti ada jalan alternatifnya sesama lah kita fikirkan supaya hal ini tidak menjadi momokan pada yang memagn sudah tidak suka dengan islam ataupun yang suka kondem tentang islam. memang sesuatu hal itu datang dari Nya tetapi bukankah dari tangan tangan kita juga yang merosakkannya so jangan setiap kesalahan kita akan kita serahkan bulat bulat kepada Takdirnya saja kita perlu fiikirkan kenapa Dia pernah menterbalikkan kerajaan . Fikirlah dengan baik dan matang sebelum komen ataupun membuat kenyataan yang akan memburukkan lagi muslim yang sentiasa dilebelkan buruk oleh orang yang membencinya. Kalau kita sendiri tidak menjaga kesucian agaman kita dan saling tuduh menuduh sampai bila bila pun kita akan tetap ditindas oleh perasaan sendiri. Harap maklum. _admin.
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