Grand Mosque in Mecca squashed by a Crane

[Xamonas Chegwé]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34226003

Act of god? Or, more probably, inaction of god.

[Rum]

Given the paranoid lunacy of Islam I do wonder how they can explain away this sort of thing. No doubt some ritual was overlooked.

[Sælir]

[cronus]

[Svartalf]

Wonder whose head will literally roll for this.

[Sean Hayden]

Given the paranoid lunacy of Islam I do wonder how they can explain away this sort of thing. No doubt some ritual was overlooked.

-indeed, rules for rules and their rules of rules and their rules for rules and rules

Residents in the world’s tallest tower have been asked to delay breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan by two or three minutes due to the extreme height of the building.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/fatwa-ru ... 14489.html

[laklak]

Shame.

No, really. Should have been a much bigger crane.

[JimC]

The crane was possessed by satan!

[cronus]

The crane was possessed by satan!

Crane jin heard the call to prayer. What else could it do except kiss the carpet? (9/11 - CIA?)

[klr]

Given the paranoid lunacy of Islam I do wonder how they can explain away this sort of thing. No doubt some ritual was overlooked.

Doubtless Mohammed nattered the odd hadith about this, one that probably made no sense at the time. I'm sure there will be the usual nonsense about the victims being fast-tracked to Paradise, as they were in Mecca at the time.

I don't want to sound callous in the face of this tragedy, but you just know that's what's going to happen. Hopefully, behind the scenes, the correct lessons will also be learned, and quietly applied.