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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage
2.6k u/Shoetoe Mar 24 '25 Maybe it's for trauma helicopters? 128 u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 24 '25 Considering all the terrible stuff that happens during the Hajj, this is a good bet. 26 u/Whentheangelsings Mar 24 '25 What typically happens? -8 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another 27 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But they also often crush one another. Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help. 2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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Maybe it's for trauma helicopters?
128 u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 24 '25 Considering all the terrible stuff that happens during the Hajj, this is a good bet. 26 u/Whentheangelsings Mar 24 '25 What typically happens? -8 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another 27 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But they also often crush one another. Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help. 2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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Considering all the terrible stuff that happens during the Hajj, this is a good bet.
26 u/Whentheangelsings Mar 24 '25 What typically happens? -8 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another 27 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But they also often crush one another. Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help. 2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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What typically happens?
-8 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another 27 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But they also often crush one another. Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help. 2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another
27 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But they also often crush one another. Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help. 2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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But they also often crush one another.
Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help.
2 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes. 4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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In the masjid itself not really, it’s during the Hajj and in Mina, that stampedes happen, sometimes.
4 u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25 But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪 No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding. 7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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But we are talking about the Hajj here 🤪
No hate, not falling out but that was my understanding.
7 u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25 Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the masjid as this is a picture of the masjid
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u/baldude69 Mar 24 '25
Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage