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STAMPEDE
Every year, more than two million Muslims make the pilgrimage, or hajj, to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. For thousands, it has been a tragically final destination. Investigating the most lethal in a long history of Mecca disaster—in 2015, when some 2,400 pilgrims were crushed or trampled to death—WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE reveals the cause: not "God's will," as the authorities claim, but the arrogance and dishonesty of the Saudi regime
Features
STAMPEDE
Every year, more than two million Muslims make the pilgrimage, or hajj, to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. For thousands, it has been a tragically final destination. Investigating the most lethal in a long history of Mecca disaster—in 2015, when some 2,400 pilgrims were crushed or trampled to death—WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE reveals the cause: not "God's will," as the authorities claim, but the arrogance and dishonesty of the Saudi regime
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