Good Fucking Riddance!

As most of you know I hate religion and reading this this morning on CNN.com just brings an evil smile to my face.

Stupid fuckers...Throwing rocks at the devil...

Report: Hajj stampede kills dozens MINA, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in a stampede during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Government officials said the number of people killed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca was unknown, but one unnamed medical source told Reuters more than 100 were dead. "It is more than 100," said the medic in Mena, outside Mecca. Reuters earlier said its journalists counted at least 50 bodies lined up on the ground and covered in white shrouds. The Arab television news station Al-Arabiya reported dozens of pilgrims were killed, according to The Associated Press. A U.S.-based religious scholar, who arrived shortly after the stampede, said it was a heartbreaking scene. "Looking at the amount of ambulances brings tears to your eyes," he said. "I heard screaming and I looked around and saw people jumping over each other. Police came and cordoned off the area. They starting pulling out bodies. The bodies were piled up. I couldn't count them, they were too many," Suad Abu Hamada, an Egyptian pilgrim, told The Associated Press. Ahmed Mustafa, an Egyptian pilgrim, said he saw bodies taken away in refrigerator trucks. "There must be dozens of people dead," he told AP. The stampede, like others in the past, happened during the stone-throwing ritual in which the pilgrims stone a symbolic devil. Saudi authorities had replaced the pillar, which had represented the devil in the past, with an oval wall with padding around the edges to protect the crush of pilgrims. Saudi officials had also installed cameras and dispatched about 60,000 security personnel to monitor the crowds. The interior ministry said Thursday's trampling occurred when the pilgrims bottlenecked at the eastern edge of the bridge leading to the oval wall. Many pilgrims brought their luggage, which caused further crowding. About 2 million Muslims are believed to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad. The Hajj has been connected with deadly incidents in the past, most of them stampedes that take place during the ceremonies. However, at least 76 people -- mostly pilgrims -- were killed last week when a hotel collapsed near the Grand Mosque in central Mecca. It is still unclear what caused the small building to crumble onto the streets packed with pilgrims. The worst stampede happened in 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were trampled to death. More recently, 251 pilgrims died two years ago in a stampede during the stone-throwing ritual. A stampede in 2003 killed 36 pilgrims, most of them en route to the devil-stoning ritual, conducted outside Mecca. In 2001, a stampede at the same ritual killed 35. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford the trip is obliged to perform the Hajj to Mecca once in a lifetime. Making Hajj is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. Mecca is revered as the holiest site of Islam, and the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, is the focal point of the rites observed. The six-day pilgrimage ends with a four-day feast called the Eid al-Adha. Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.