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Tragedy at Mecca: 717 die, 805 wounded after human stampede in Saudi Arabia

Following the crane collapse into the Grand Mosque of Mecca earlier this month, a deadly stampede has now claimed 717 lives and left 805 wounded, in what is now becoming the bloodiest Hajj in known history. Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the holy capital of Mecca, in the heart of Saudi Arabia, to Read More


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Act of God Kills Over 100 Worshipers at Islam’s Holiest Mosque in Mecca on 14th Anniversary of 9/11

During a dazzling and intense lightning storm, a massive construction crane toppled into the Grand Mosque of Mecca, killing roughly 107 and injuring another 238.  This epic event not only occurred weeks before the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which millions of Muslims make annually, but ominously on 14th anniversary of the U.S World Trade Center attacks Read More