Stormy, dynamic skies greet pilgrims at Mount Noor in Mecca

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A Muslim pilgrim gestures as lightning strikes in the background at the top of Mount Noor where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel, during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Oct. 21.

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Muslim pilgrims pray at the top of Mount Noor, Oct. 21.

Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

A Muslim pilgrim gestures at the top of Mount Noor, Oct. 21.

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I admire these peoples' courage . . . but no way would I be on top of Mount Noor with spectacular lighning like that on the horizon. One of those spectacular bolts hits that mountain everybody's going to fry . . . unless Allah intervenes of course. And because it appears everyone got through it safe, that's one for Allah I guess.

    Reply#1 - Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:30 AM EDT

    allahu akbar, may your pilgrimage be peaceful and may your journey be free of trouble. GOD IS GREATEST....

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    Reply#2 - Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:57 AM EDT

    Your Allah is furious. For this reason, in most of the Muslim nations, Muslims are killing each other!

    Allah wants good Muslims and not a bunch of intolerant religious barbarians and beasts.

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    #2.1 - Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:19 AM EDT
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    Sunni Saudi Arabian one-way traffic barbaric and beastly seventh century rulers should permit non-Muslim religious places! Otherwise they should not show their dirty seventh century beastly faces in our nations!

    That is what followers of Islamic cult, especially Sunnis are going to get in future. Here is one religion/cult instead of reforming with times, has moved fast backwards.

    Followers of Islamic cult, especially Sunni Saudi inspired Islamic radicals and militants (al-Qaida, Salaffi, Wahhabi, MB, Taliban and other label ones), are fast marching backwards to their seventh century desert tribal days.

    They are indulging in rapings, lootings, killings and genocides of non-Muslims (Darfur, S. Sudan, Nigeria and spreading like wild fire in many regions and Muslims (Libya, Yemen, Mali, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other places).

    Sunni Saudi backed Salaffi and MB new chapters are opening up in Egypt. Just watch the fate of Christians, women and Israel as the time goes by.

    Even in Syria, if Assad is overthrown by Sunni Islamic religious Nazis like al-Qaida, MB, the conditions of Christians will be unbearable just like Iraq.

    Pakis and Sunni Saudis and co are responsible for 80 percent of world problems including economic ones. Examine the devastations with Iraqi wars and now sanctions on Iranian oil and the resultant oil price manipulations.

    They are making the lives of their own people also miserable by their Islamic religious madness to the intolerable levels.

    If followers of Sunni Islamic cult believe that they can declare jihad on non-Muslims and others like Shiites, Sufis, Ahmedias and get away with them, they will make their Allah's prediction true: it is end for Islam in this century itself.

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    Reply#3 - Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:17 AM EDT

    msnbc ... I better see some christian Worship at Thanksgiving,Christmas and Easter~ selah #Goodmorningjoe #Yourtruecolorsareshowingbiased

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    Reply#4 - Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:38 AM EDT
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