This is not a good reflection on what a religion is supposed to about, is it?

How the rass we hold Carabana with all sorts of drinkin an smokin weed an dancin an wining and all we might hear of is a stabbing or someone gets shot, more than likely gang related.

Why would there have to be a stampede every friggin year at this time? Shouldn't this be a discussion the so called Holy men dem be having.

I'm just imagining going to a church only to be stomped to death by the parishioners. Siggy better be careful, this ting might be catching.

This religion shit is senseless.

In this image released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make their way to cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept.

This image released by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, shows ambulances in Mecca, after people were crushed by overcrowding in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj pilgrimage on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Hundreds were killed and injured, Saudi authorities said. The crush happened in Mina, a large valley about five kilometers (three miles) from the holy city of Mecca that has been the site of hajj stampedes in years past.

Bull Running seems tame to this, dam.

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Two giant waves of Muslim pilgrims collided at an intersection Thursday near a holy site in Saudi Arabia, and more than 700 people were crushed and trampled to death in the worst disaster at the hajj in a quarter-century.

"People were climbing over one another just to breathe," said Abdullah Lotfy of Egypt. "It was like a wave. You go forward and suddenly you go back."

Oy man, we ketych what a stampede looks like wtf?

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Two giant waves of Muslim pilgrims collided at an intersection

Cannot even imagine what this would look like

I personally think they should stop this practice. However, if they will not do so, they should implement a quota allowing a set number of people at a time. Sure it is not an easy task given the sheer number of people and so many of them may not understand what to do. Nonetheless, a very sad situation.

This frenzy is similar to situations in Guyana when free stuff is being given out. If you don't have enough for everyone, be prepare for cuss-out or being hit with  stick.

While an  overseas lady was handing out cash, she was knock down and they took all the money.

A guy was giving out clothes from canter truck. The people swamped the truck and took everything.    

Pilgrims yearn for a burial in Madinah

The Latest: Death toll in Saudi hajj tragedy reaches 719

The Saudi king has expressed his condolences over the horrific stampede during the hajj that killed at least 717 pilgrims near Mecca and pledged a speedy investigation.

King Salman also said Thursday that he has given instructions for a review of "all existing plans and arrangements ... to improve the level of organization and management of the movement" of pilgrims at the hajj.

Two survivors interviewed by The Associated Press say the crush of Muslim pilgrims that killed more than 700 people outside Mecca began when two waves of pilgrims going in opposite directions collided.

Egyptian pilgrim Abdullah Lotfy, 44, said "I saw someone trip over someone in a wheelchair and several people tripping over him. People were climbing over one another just to breathe."

Lotfy says the collision should never have happened, saying "there was no preparation" on the part of Saudi authorities.

Ismail Hamba, 58, from Nigeria, recalled falling down and then being trampled, saying "it was really, really terrible."

Saudi authorities say the incident killed 717 pilgrims and injured another 805, making it the deadliest disaster to afflict the annual hajj pilgrimage since 1990.

Ohhhh rasss another stampede?

What is the Hajj?

The tragedy was the worst to befall the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were perished in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites near Mecca and the ninth in a string of such incidents since then.

Both stampedes occurred on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), Islam's most important feast and the day of the stoning ritual. Over the last 25 years, such incidents have claimed the lives of more than 3,000 pilgrims.

Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Saudi Arabia's crown prince who chairs the Saudi hajj committee, ordered an investigation during a meeting with senior officials responsible for the pilgrimage in Mina, where the stampede took place, Saudi Press Agency reported.

According to the Saudi civil defence directorate, the crowd became dangerously congested at the intersection of two streets, known as 204 and 223, as the faithful were making way towards the Jamarat Bridge, which overlooks the stone columns where pebbles are cast.

The bridge's purpose is specifically to ease the pressure of the crowds, which can reach three million during the busiest times of year.

Ambulance sirens blared as rescue crews rushed the injured to nearby hospitals, while more than 220 rescue vehicles and some 4,000 members of the emergency services were deployed to provide alternative exit routes.

Amateur video shared on social media showed corpses lying amid crushed wheelchairs used by some disabled pilgrims.

The tragedy comes despite the Saudi authorities installing sophisticated crowd analytics software which is linked to central control room where officials can analyse and predict where pinch-points and surges are likely to take place.

It was installed by a British company, CrowdVision, following the deaths of 346 pilgrims in 2006, but the firm told The Telegraph that their equipment did not cover the entire area.

"Our company has an active involvement in the Hajj, and the Saudi government has invested significant resources in this area," said Fiona Strens, CrowdVision’s co-founder. "But those resources have been invested mainly around the Jamarat Bridge area, where previous incidents have happened, rather than the scene where this latest incident took place."

Haj death toll rises to 769, Iran denounces "crime"

The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.

The worst disaster to befall the Islamic event in a quarter of a century occurred on Thursday as two large groups of pilgrims arrived together at a crossroads in Mina, a few kilometres outside the holy city.

"The latest statistics up to this hour reveal 769 dead. That is an increase of 52 on the previous figures," Saudi health minister Khalid al-Falih told a news conference.

"Those are the ones who died in various hospitals since the event," he said, adding that 934 people were wounded.

Shi'ite Muslim Iran, which is locked in a series of proxy wars in Arab countries around the Sunni Muslim kingdom, says that at least 136 Iranians are among the dead, sparking protests and outrage in the Islamic Republic on Friday.

Over 300 other Iranians remain unaccounted for, including former ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, Fars news agency reported.

"We will urge international courts and circles to start the trial of the Saudis for their crimes against haj pilgrims," Iran's Prosecutor General Ebrahim Raisi was quoted as saying by student news agency ISNA on Saturday

"This is not incompetence, it's a crime," Raisi told state broadcaster IRIB.

© Saudi Press Agency via AP This image released by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, shows ambulances in Mecca, after people were crushed by overcrowding in Mina, Saudi Arabia during the annual hajj …

At the U. N. General Assembly, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used his address to the summit to demand an investigation into the crush.

Protecting the visitors to mosques at the holy cities of Mecca and Medina is a key pillar of legitimacy for the Saudi royal family, and the king has the title of "custodian of the two holy mosques."

Speaking to the country's crown prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, top Saudi cleric Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh said he did not hold authorities responsible for the disaster.

"You are not responsible for what happened. You dealt with the beneficial factors that were in your hands and within your ability. As for the things that humans cannot control, you cannot blamed for them. Fate and destiny are inevitable," Al al-Sheikh, known as the Grand Mufti, said in a televised statement.

Al al-Sheikh also appeared to deflect criticisms of the kingdom from outside as a product of "envy."

"Many are envious of the kingdom for its religion, leadership, economy and the cohesion of its members, and for the great blessings it has experienced, unlike many other countries," he said.

(Reporting By Noah Browning; Editing by Tom Heneghan and Raissa Kasolowsky)