Haj death toll tops 1,000 amid extreme heat; temperatures in Mecca exceed 50°C
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RIYADH: The death toll from this year's Haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday (Jun 20), more than half of whom were unregistered worshippers performing the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Sa
  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    Surely they could just relocate the Kaaba to a more hospitable location. It’s not a large structure, should be easy to dig up and move.

    Might have to update a few direction markers for Salah, though. That could be a bit of work.

    • LesserAbe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Is there any religious prohibition against enclosing the whole thing? Just make everything indoors, problem solved

      • k110111@feddit.deEnglish
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        5 months ago

        A better solution would be to fight climate change, it wasn’t this hot before.